Meet the Mate 10, Huawei’s New AI-Powered Flagship Phone (via WIRED)
The new Android handset from the Chinese manufacturer has a home-made chip that powers several AI features. Source: https://www.wired.com/story/huawei-mate-10-and-mate-10-pro/
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Language that speaks at the level of the soul (via angelusnews.com)
Thirty years ago, the American educator Allan Bloom wrote a book entitled âThe Closing of the American Mind.â This was his […]
Dutch translation of Wordsworth poem set to take social media by storm in the Netherlands (via The Westmorland Gazette)
A COUPLE from the Netherlands who are social media ambassadors for the Lake District have translated Wordsworth’s Daffodils into Dutch. […]
Language tests for nurses from abroad to be watered down (via The Telegraph)
Language tests for overseas nurses are set to be overhauled, with “less academic” versions introduced, following complaints that current exams […]
Meet the foreigners who translated Xi’s speech – China’s latest society and culture news – SupChina (via SupChina)
Top news in Chinese society and culture for October 18, 2017. Meet the foreigners who translated Xi’s speech. Source: http://supchina.com/2017/10/18/meet-foreigners-translated-xis-speech-chinas-latest-society-culture-news/
A universal language exists but it never really caught on – here’s why (via Business Insider)
All previous attempts to create a universal language have failed, languages have to grow from the ground up. Source: http://uk.businessinsider.com/why-universal-languages-like-esperanto-will-never-be-accepted-philip-gooden-2017-10
Canada Council introduces translation initiative for Frankfurt 2020 | Quill and Quire (via Quill and Quire)
(Frankfurt Book Fair 2016) The Canada Council for the Arts has announced a new three-year funding initiative to support the […]
‘Minecraft’ Is Helping Preserve the Ancient Language of Elfdalian (via Motherboard)
Elfdalian fights for recognition in its home country but finds a second life on the internet. Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/a37dw4/minecraft-elfdalian-sweden-language
Microsoft and Huawei team up for first neural on-device translation (via Neowin)
The new Mate 10 from Huawei will be the first device to have a Neural Processing Unit chip onboard to […]
Lower Sioux aim to revitalize Dakota language in Minnesota (via Star Tribune)
Minnesota is embracing an effort to reclaim American Indian languages. Source: http://www.startribune.com/lower-sioux-aim-to-revitalize-dakota-language-in-minnesota/452137913/