smartplanet.com — Has the Star Trek Universal Translator arrived? Kristin Precoda, a speech translation researcher at SRI International demos a new translation system. Originally designed for the military to mediate a conversation between English and Iraqi Arabic, the translator is being developed for civilian use in the fields of medicine and...
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truedirtSep 15, 2009
Just listen to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger talk and you'll be a believer of instant translation.
Closed AccountSep 16, 2009
No.
macbanditSep 16, 2009
I'm pretty sure that was possible for you before this.
bustaballsSep 16, 2009
Why do you people have to bring about political retardation from every freaking news story. I don't go into a random story about an awesome paintball gun shouting "I bet liberals want to ban this too!!" Not every republican is a war-mongering bible thumper and not every liberal is a tree hugging communist that wants to ban guns.
larkstewSep 16, 2009
Can it translate text messages into something readable please?
sleetpSep 16, 2009
I'm impressed. This technology will definitely be of use in the future. but correct me if I'm wrong but don't language services already have this kind of technology. I think <a class="user" href="http://www.translations.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.translations.com</a> might have it but I think I am pretty sure that most language software companies have something of the same sort. Nonetheless, its good to see people are more conscious of the different languages out there now and realize the need to understand different languages.
kronos6948Sep 16, 2009
Now we can finally build the Tower of Babel again!!
breakspiritSep 16, 2009
f**k you, assh**e!*pulls knife*
aserer511Sep 17, 2009
would be neat for travel abroad