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| Title | Obama White House Calls for Machine Translation |
| Body | From http://www.globalwatchtower.com/2009/09/27/obama-machine-translation Last week, the Executive Office of the President and National Economic Council issued its “Strategy for American Innovation.” Among the recommendations was a call for “automatic, highly accurate and real-time translation between the major languages of the world — greatly lowering the barriers to international commerce and collaboration.” Having an American President cite an advanced language technology as one of the enablers to improve “our quality of life and establish the foundation for the industries and jobs of the future” is not that common an occurrence. So, even though we found this recommendation as the very last bullet in a dense thicket of dozens of other initiatives in a 22-page policy paper, it reinforces our contention that the current administration understands the importance of language both abroad and at home, to both improve the ability of American businesses to engage with foreign buyers and of the U.S. government to better understand the thinking of its partners on the world stage. Read the full essay at http://www.globalwatchtower.com/2009/09/27/obama-machine-translation |
| Source | Global Watchtower |
| Inputdate | 2009-10-04 10:08:41 |
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