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Distributed Translation Project

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the how-long-before-it-does-klingon dept.

moon unit beta writes "New Scientist has this story about a new plan to build a multi-language translation database called the World Wide Lexicon, using a distributed community of volunteers. The designer compares it to a distributed computing project and believes it could make it easier to translate more obscure languages."

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  1. Seven words... by DEBEDb · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    All your base are belong to us.

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    Considered harmful.
  2. best are people translators by panck · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think it will be many years before a computer translation will ever be as good as a human translator!

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