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US Government Seeks Open-Source Translation

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the penguins-at-the-keyboards dept.

valdean writes "The Boston Globe is reporting that last week the United States Government began publishing captured Iraqi documents on the web in order to harness the translating talents of the bilingual public. The article calls it 'the same open source principle' that created Linux. Check out the Foreign Military Studies Office's document portal."

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  1. Good, but... by christopherfinke · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think it's a great idea, but how many people will have to translate a document with similar results before it can be trusted?

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