Google Translator: The Universal Language

[Michael Denner]

A brief Blog article on Google's new translation engine, probably of
some interest to the list:

 

http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2005-05-22-n83.html

 

Apropos of nothing in particular, I quote from the article:

When you surf the web, you will sometimes come across languages and
characters you don't understand - like Chinese, Arabic, Korean, French,
German, Italian, Spanish, or Japanese.

 

Russian makes for an interesting omission from the list.

 

mad

 

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Dr. Michael A. Denner
Editor, Tolstoy Studies Journal
Director, University Honors Program

Contact Information:
Russian Studies Program
Stetson University
Campus Box 8361
DeLand, FL 32720-3756
386.822.7381 (department)
386.822.7265 (direct line)
386.822.7380 (fax)
http://www.stetson.edu/~mdenner

 


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