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| Title | Google Launches Latin Translation Tool |
| Body | From http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/8034196/Google-launches-Latin-translation-tool.html Google launches Latin translation tool Google Translate, a service that can instantly translate entire web pages or chunks of text in to another language, has added Latin to its list. By Claudine Beaumont September 30, 2010 Google Translate supports more than 50 languages, including minority languages such as Welsh and Haitian Creole, and the addition of Latin is sure to please scholars and traditionalists. Google expects translations to and from Latin to be among the most accurate offered by its Google Translate tool. “Unlike any of the other languages Google Translate supports, Latin offers a unique advantage: most of the text that will ever be written in Latin has already been written, and a comparatively large part of it has been translated in to other languages. “We use these translations, found in books and on the web, to train our system.” Google has also added a Latin text-to-speech function, too, to help people with their pronunciation. Read the full article at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/8034196/Google-launches-Latin-translation-tool.html Read a Latin-language blog post about the new tool at http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/veni-vidi-verba-verti.html |
| Source | Telegraph |
| Inputdate | 2010-10-01 09:34:45 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2010-10-01 09:34:45 |
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| Publishdate | 2010-10-04 00:00:00 |
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