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Lost in translation: More on the crimes of Google translation

Lost in translation: More on the crimes of Google translationWhat's your point?Translation is an extremely difficult computational problem, because doing it correctly in all situations requires that the system truly understand the meaning of the phrases or sentences that are being translated. Many of the existing automatic translation systems...

Tags: Poetry, Google Translation, Google Inc., machine translation

Discussion threads 2006-11-10

Google translation is coherent not

Google translation is coherent notTranslate thisFirst encounter with a translation program, right? Welcome to the bizarre world of computer-generated translation.Translation program have been around on the Internet since the early 90's, when AltaVista had its famous Babelfish site (http://babelfish.altavista.com/). In general, they are very good and are able to convey...

Tags: INTERNET, pictogram, translation program, Google Translation, Google Inc., bushing, BabelFish

Discussion threads 2006-11-10

Google translation is coherent not

Being a close observer of baseball, I was intrigued to see a scoop that appeared to have come from Googles translation of a Japanese baseball site. Baseball Musings pointed to a Google translation of a page on Major.jp, an MLB-licensed site, discussing the posting of Seibu Lions pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka.Posting...

Tags: team, Business &, Technology

Blog posts 2006-11-10

Additional Resources

Dictionary .NET 2.1.3613 (Windows)

Dictionary .NET is a tiny and easy multilingual dictionary translating from/to 43 languages using Google services, including Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Thai (dictionary + translation), and Albanian, Catalan, Danish, Estonian, Filipino, Galician,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Dictionary, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-22

iPhone - is it a good tool for traveling business people?

yes- hmmmm....You're right Dan. Droid? Then you can have google navigation and we'll be able to find a better restaurant in NYC than the worlds busiest Korean :p Maybe those nice people @ 451 will buy you one ;)Thanks for the thoughtOne issue with the current Android V2 phones is...

Tags: Smart phones, calendar issue, tool, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

UltraBrowser 11.0 (Windows)

UltraBrowser is a small browser application with a password-protected "MyWeb" remote bookmark manager for storing favorites on the Web, accessing them from other computers, and sharing them with others. The browser is integrated with a multisearch panel with access to popular engines enabling one-click querying, built-in Google autosearching from the...

Tags: built-In, Microsoft Windows, Web Browser, UltraBrowser, Web Browsers, Internet

Software downloads 2009-11-19

Client for Google Translate 4.2.241 (Windows)

Google Translate is the most widely used free translation service. But translating a webpage or a piece of text can still be a tiresome process: you need to visit Google Translator Web site, copypaste the text, choosing the language--too long. Client for Google Translate is a free translator which translates...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Windows, Alexey Iljin, Google Translate, Wiki, Web Browsers, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Web Site Development, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Online Communications, Internet, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-17

Did you buy a Motorola Droid? [open thread]

The only reason I said nois because it's not enough of an improvement over the G1 to justify breaking my contract. Once we start seeing Android on Snapdragons then you'll get my attention.My new after 2 doesn't come up until ........ April but when it does I am getting one....

Tags: Groupware, Cellular phones, Motorola Droid, Google Inc., Exchange ActiveSync, phone, Microsoft Outlook, Motorola Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

Web Page Translator 4.0 (Mac)

You want to navigate on foreign web pages in your own language? You want the translation to be done in real time while you navigate in a single click? You want to translate Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish? Then Web...

Tags: Web, Apple Macintosh, Web Page, AlphaOmega Software, Web Page Translator, Channel Management, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-09

Web addresses to exend to non-English languages

Domain spoofing opportunity?I always wanted to know what they will be doing against this: http://www.z?net.com/ is actually a false domain because '?' is a Cyrillyc Small Letter Komi De insted of a Latin 'd'.Entering it in a browser causes an error today, but what will happen if they legalize non-latin...

Tags: Channel management, Keyboards, English Language, non-English-language, Web

Discussion threads 2009-10-31

Parents would rather talk drugs than math/science with their kids

Well, DUH!It's always easier to talk about something that you have experience with.RE: Parents would rather talk drugs than math/science with their kidsIt would also help talking with the children about those subjects even if the parents really don't know about it! Maybe they could learn with the kids and...

Tags: Online Resource

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

HP's Hurd: Cloud computing has its limits (especially when you face 1,000 attacks a day)

Now here's a ringing endorsement of cloud computing......"HP "wouldn?t put anything material in nature outside the firewall." "Sure gives one confidence, doesn't it? And this company is trying sell people on the cloud...but its CEO doesn't trust it? Nice. :-(Translation: We make a lot of money selling overpriced, under utilizedservers...

Tags: Virtualization, cloud computing, Hewlett-Packard Co., server

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Spring Design debuts Google Android-based e-book reader, Alex

Myself, I do not even want a separate device, no matter how cheap. AND, I want to be able to read my books on any of my devices, such as smart phone, netbook, or desktop.ExactlyI would like to read my eStuff on my desktop, laptop or any other device. I...

Tags: E-books, Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Google Android, Google Inc., e-book Reader, e-book, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

xNeat Clipboard Manager 1.0.0.7 (Windows)

Windows clipboard has the disadvantage that you can only copy once before pasting, xNeat Clipboard Manager is handy and very simple to use. It captures items as they are copied to the Windows Clipboard, and you can simply bring up a menu containing all the previously copied items and select...

Tags: Windows Clipboard, Item, Microsoft Windows, X Neat Software

Software downloads 2009-10-09

Click fraud facilitating Bahama botnet steals ad revenue from Google

Originally exposed as a botnet redirecting and monetizing hijacked traffic to over 200,000 parked domains primarily located in the Bahamas, researchers from ClickForensics have recently found evidence on active DNS hijacking of Google properties allowing cybercriminals to steal revenue from Google by pulling search results and displaying them on a...

Tags: Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-10-08

Macedonia rolls out 53,000 Classmate PCs

And the OLPC?Seems to be doing well as well. Uruguay is finishing its distribution of laptops this year. For more info:Spanish:http://www.ceibal.edu.uy/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=96&Itemid=247English translation:http://translate.google.com.mx/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ceibal.edu.uy%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Dcategory%26layout%3Dblog%26id%3D96%26Itemid%3D247&sl=es&tl=en&hl=es&ie=UTF-8Contrary to what was said in some articles in your section back in '07. The XO is doing well, it has support, it has training and...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, training and certification, Notebooks, Uruguay, Macedonia, Intel Classmate PC, Classmate, netbook, PC

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

ProTranslateLite for Blackberry 1.9.1 (Mobile)

A simple user-friendly language translator for blackberry using Google Translate translation service. Use this translator to get quick translation from your language to other languages and express your mind. You can compose a mail and translate the mail in other language from this app. It's easy. Related ads are shown...

Tags: Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Language, Prolog, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-09-10

Language Translator 1.0 (Mobile)

With Language Translator translate words, phrases, sentences, and whole paragraphs of text between different languages using Google's language translation service. It can even detect your source language. Use the switch button to quickly flip source and destination texts.

Tags: Mobile, Text, Language, Piet Jonas, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-08

iSpeak Polish 1.2.2 (Mobile)

iSpeak Polish translates from English to Polish as well as Polish to English using Google's advanced translation service. It features speaks translated text with the highest possible quality text to speech engine available in a mobile device, save as many translations on your iPhone as you would like, or email...

Tags: Mobile, iSpeak Polish, Advertising & Promotion, E-mail, Marketing, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-09-03

iSpeak Finnish 1.2.2 (Mobile)

iSpeak Finnish translates from English to Finnish as well as Finnish to English using Google's advanced translation service. I features speaks translated text with the highest possible quality text to speech engine available in a mobile device, save as many translations on your iPhone as you would like, or email...

Tags: Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, E-mail, Marketing, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-09-03