Computers translating voice; Phones translating text

Microsoft’s Translating Telephone and Google’s Goggles turn the tables on what devices normally do. The lines blur. In fact, there are no lines anymore. We’ve...

Machine Translation and Human Translators Put to the Test

If you find much of the “machine translation” versus “human translation” Internet debate tiresome and less than enlightening, then check out this refreshing, graphical,...

Microsoft Word 2010 Translation

"Learn how you can translate entire documents easily with Microsoft Word 2010 Translation features by watching this quick tutorial,” claims a recently-posted video on...

Facebook and Google: new translation tools free to the masses

Facebook’s recent announcement that it is releasing a new translation tool free of charge to other websites has caught the attention of such media...

Localized Spam

Are people six times less likely to be irritated by localized spam? Perhaps you are familiar with Common Sense Advisory’s report “Can’t Read, Won’t Buy:...

Windows 7 Internationalization

Microsoft blog entry is a nice overview of the upcoming global features of Windows 7. I am one of the many people looking forward with...

Twitter

Where have I been for the last month? No Blogos postings? Been on Twitter, that’s where. You can reach out to me (if it’s...

Back to School Time! Here's Some Reading…

With a timely release for the oncoming academic year and conference season (though you can enjoy it regardless of whether you’re an MBA student...

Commonsense 2.0 in Poland

Those of you who cringe at those sad people so keen to embarrass themselves in New York, San Francisco, Dublin, or London by being...