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01/01/2003

Language Technology

Machine Translation and Computer-Assisted Translation: a New Way of Translating?

The Need for Translation Technology Advances in information technology (IT) have combined with modern communication requirements to foster translation automation. The history of the relationship between technology and translation goes back to the beginnings of the Cold War, as in the 1950s competition between the United States and the Soviet Union was so intensive at every level that thousands of...

01/01/2003

Language Technology

Localization Skills for Translators/Localizability Requirements for Clients

Material for this article was drawn from a talk the author presented to members of the New York Circle of Translators on October 22, 2002. A portion of this article also appeared in the December issue of the Gotham Translator, the NYCT newsletter. Localization: “Customizing software for a particular country. It includes the translation of menus and messages into the native spoken language as well...