Monthly Archives: April 2010
An American family, an Indonesian tribe, an oral language and its first book
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Google’s humanoid translator, accent phobia, and misleading job titles
In this podcast, our monthly top-five roundup of language stories: 5. Why Google Translate rules (and why human translators shouldn’t feel threatened.) Google, as we’ve come to expect by now, does things differently. And that includes translation. We tend to … Continue reading
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Street names, Bible translators and locavore language
When it comes to naming a street, you can go with the bland: Bella Vista Ave. Or not: Mugabe St (which has been among several contentious new street names under consideration in Durban, South Africa.) In the Palestinian city of … Continue reading
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