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Tokyo Narita Airport Gets PDA Voice Translators
commanderfoxtrot writes "According to the BBC, Narita airport can hire out PDAs capable of translating 50,000 Japanese and 25,000 English spoken words. This is all part of the e-Airport scheme at Narita: The speech-to-speech technology was developed by NEC, tested in Papero robots and then put in PDAs. ... Papero (Partner-Type Personal Robot), is the first robot to translate verbally between two languages in colloquial tongue."
"My hovercraft is full of eels."
How long did it take before the 14 year olds were getting it to talk dirty to passing people?
Rumor has it... that Catholic School Girls Rule
Narita airport can hire out PDAs capable of translating 50,000 Japanese and 25,000 English spoken words.
Great. We're only going to catch *half* of what they are saying...
The problem with socialism is that they always run out of other people's money. - Margaret Thatcher
I can't wait for an English -> Pirate version or English -> Cajun version. and just imagine what a couple thousands of these things could do...
Will they be speaking ENGLISH or ENGRISH?
"Pardon me, where's the restroom."
-->"Kimi, bukkake demo yoroshii desyou ka?"
"The vodka is good, but the meat is rotten."
If you don't know what AltaVista is (was), get off my lawn.
Can you get the robot in a polished gold finish or in trash-can sized form factor for repair and interface?
i can't wait for "robots say the darnedest things"
-ninjaneer
I will be at Narita airport on March 31st. I will make sure to wear a camera around my neck and ask every one when Godzilla is next scheduled to attack.
This is a quote from the article (Engrish!):
"Most certainly, it is absolutely ideal and it is most likely this technology will be utilised," - Chris Shimizu, NEC's corporate relations manager.
If he's using it, then all his base belongs to us. If he's not, then perhaps he should.
"Thank for being to fly with us today! Happy! Are we to join you in this service to be your continued enjoyment! Isn't you the joyful? Coming with us to the skies of friendly ancestors!"
--- Where's my car, and why are these grass stains on my pants?
...now everyday can be like an old kung-fu flick
'Bear is driving? How can that be?'
'Let me show you how kareoke is really done'
'Could you direct me to the nearest bootleg toy store?'
'Overweight anime fan seeks cute Japanese girlfriend.'
'So, why don't you guys like the X-Box?'
and
'If I said I liked Princess Monoke, would you sit on my face?'
So are the robot versions jealous if the PDA version catches on more?
"That malfunctioning little twerp. This all his fault. He tricked me into going this way, but he'll do no better."
by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation.
Technoli
Papero has quite some features. Especially cute is the "Patting Sensor" in his forehead. I wonder if it has also a "Kicking Sensor" in his butt....
Cheers
KdenLive/PIAVE - non-linear video editing
Just to comment on the etymology of the word: this comes from a verb which describes the action of sloshing something against or onto another object. For example, taking a bucket of mud and sloshing it against the side of a house. I'm suprised (well not really) that some many people are familiar with this term. Once a friend of mine downloaded a movie from Kazaa with the title (Japanese bukakke) - before he knew what the term meant. He claimed he thought 'bukkake' might be some form of professional wrestling.
C3PO's great, great, great grandfather.
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Following to BBC, "you write commanderfoxtrot, as for the Narita Airport it can employ from PDAs which can translate the word where Japan of 50,000 and England of 25,000 spoke. This is part everything of e airport mechanism in Narita: Technology of speech was developed in speech by NEC, tested placed with the robot of Papero, and at PDAs. next... Papero (private robot partner type), being oral between two languages of tongue of the spoken language which is the first robot which it should translate. "
Do not fold, spindle or mutilate.
Languages are born as quickly as they die, my friend.
:)
No, they aren't. That's why the number of live languages is decreasing quite rapidly.
I love the way you put that patronizing 'my freind' on the end of a completely mindless statement, though
Whence? Hence. Whither? Thither.