The trials and tribulations of digitizing Urdu, the 10th most spoken language in the world

Episode 31 • February 15, 2022 • 00:03:48
The trials and tribulations of digitizing Urdu, the 10th most spoken language in the world
Localization Today
The trials and tribulations of digitizing Urdu, the 10th most spoken language in the world

Feb 15 2022 | 00:03:48

/

Hosted By

Eddie Arrieta

Show Notes

Because Nastalīq has been so challenging to adapt to a digital format, many Urdu speakers have taken to using Naskh, which is written along straight horizontal lines, or even using a non-standardized form of the language that uses Latin script.

Previous Episode
Next Episode

Other Episodes

Episode 149

June 27, 2022 • 00:02:52
Episode Cover

Scots literary works and translation projects receive grants

The Scots Language Resource Network recently announced that it is funding the translation and publication of nine literary works in the Scots language.

Listen

Episode 170

May 02, 2024 • 00:19:06
Episode Cover

Putting Globalization Strategy Into Practice. An interview with leaders at Emerson.

By Karen Combe and Mimi Hills. After reading the Globalization Strategy Playbook, Inés Rubio San Martín and Satoko Yuda were inspired to utilize data...

Listen

Episode 135

December 12, 2023 • 00:03:05
Episode Cover

Meta Expands “Seamless” Translation Tech With New AI Models

Built on version 2 of SeamlessM4T, the new open-source models boast state-of-the-art speech recognition and translation capabilities in up to 100 languages. Read the...

Listen