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Dec. 19, 2007 at 9:00am by Barry Schwartz
Communication Breakdown? Try Google Talk's Interpreter
The Google Talkabout Blog announced the launch of an instant messenger bot that is an interpreter. An instant messenger bot is a little computer program that accepts instant messages and automatically replies to them. AOL has the AIM Bot program for years, allowing developers to create these bots as they...
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Oct. 23, 2007 at 8:10am by Barry Schwartz
Google Translate Drops Systran For Home Brewed Translation
Google Operating System reports that Google Translate has dropped using Systran as the technology used by Google for translations. Google now uses their own home brewed version of translation technology to translate between the 25 languages available. Yahoo's Babel Fish still uses Systran technology, so if you are in a...
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Jun. 22, 2007 at 9:32am by Barry Schwartz
Dictionary Feature Added To Google Translate
Garett Rogers reports that Google Translate has added a dictionary feature. Rather than let you just translate a word from one language to the best guess in another, this tool shows you various meanings, so you can select the right option....
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May. 24, 2007 at 8:23am by Greg Sterling
Google Launches 'Cross-Language Information Retrieval (CLIR)'
As promised at its "Searchology" event last week, Google has launched cross-language information retrieval (CLIR). It's now been added as a new feature to Google Translate and went live yesterday. As Chris Sherman previously wrote, Google is playing a bit of catch-up with this initiative; Yahoo has been doing this...
