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Careless Localization: A surprising story
When a warning is added on a product — either voluntarily or due to legal requirements — the “Buy me! Consume me!” message is...
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Translating scientific jargon into Navajo
As the scientific community largely publishes in high-resource languages, languages like Navajo have been left behind, making it hard to translate scientific work adequately.
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IIT Madras launches institute for AI and language technology
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) announced earlier this week that it's launched an institute specifically dedicated to the development of language...
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Deaf and hard-of-hearing patients file lawsuit against Washington healthcare provider
The largest healthcare provider in the state of Washington is currently facing a lawsuit over its use of faulty video remote interpreting (VRI) technology.
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Following outcry, Google Translate removes offensive example phrase for Arabic entry
While brushing up on some Arabic vocabulary, one user pointed out that Google Translate's entry for the Arabic word meaning "plan" was accompanied by...
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Design thinking: why it matters in global growth and localization
This non-conventional way of creating innovative products passes through five phases — empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test — and is most useful to...