Translation by machine: a bridge across the multicultural gap; Growing diversity is a challenge in many U.S. neighborhoods. Technologies for overcoming language barriers offer hope for facilitating better communication.(using of translators increases in military)

From: The Futurist | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: Belluomini, David | Copyright information

Currently, the best and most accurate translators are human beings, but machine translation devices are developing and improving rapidly. In fact, the U.S. military has tested and utilized first-generation translation devices such as VoxTec International's Phraselator in combat and similar field conditions. Starting in the late 1990s, some of the translation devices used by the military were handheld computers that would speak a text phrase selected by the user.

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