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Text a Syrian: a New Service Will Help Refugees Navigate Life in Canada
Canada's 26,000 refugees can text this service to find out where to buy groceries, or get a doctor.
A New Book Analyzes the Poetry of History’s Most Evil People
Apparently iron fists and tender souls aren't mutually exclusive.
Bolaño's Translator on the Pressure of Working with Great Male Novelists
We talked to Natasha Wimmer, one of the foremost Spanish-language literary translators working today, about her newest project—Álvaro Enrigue's "Sudden Death"—and about why her next book will be one written by a woman.
Google Releases ‘Crisis Info Hub,’ Providing Hyper-Localized Info for Refugees
They’re also looking for Arabic and German translators.
This Smart Glove Translates Sign Language to Text and Speech
Designer Hadeel Ayoub’s glove will soon incorporate multilingual translation and be able to send texts and emails.
How DARPA Plans to Decrypt the Languages That Computers Still Don't Understand
Teaching computers new languages is still time consuming and expensive. LORELEI hopes to change that.
Tokyo Doesn't Want Its Menus Lost in Translation
Well in advance of the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tokyo has launched a new online service that helps restaurants translate their offerings in up to 12 foreign languages to bring in more international tourists. There goes the neighborhood.
Here's What's Holding Back Your Universal Translator
Google and Microsoft are racing to create a real-life Babel fish, but there's still a long way to go.
This Guy Wants $25,000 to Translate the Bible Into Emojis
A conversation with Kamran Kastle, a guy with an ambitious plan to translate more than 31,000 verses of the Old and New Testament into emojis.
This Guy Wants $25,000 to Translate the Bible Into Emojis
We talked to Kamran Kastle, a guy with an ambitious plan to translate the more than 31,000 verses of the Old and New Testament into emojis.
Allan Kaprow's Seminal 1966 Essay on Art and "Happenings," Translated into American
Women licking jam off a car? That's a Happening. Buying meat from a butcher? That's a Happening. A bunch of jabronis sitting down doing nothing? That's a Happening.
How to Translate a Foreign Language With Numbers and Drawings, Not Dictionaries
Also: how to fix dictionaries with data.