Ioana’s Translation News Blog

Google is currently developing a translation programme which will translate a document into any of the world’s main languages.
Google admits that the programme may not be suited to accurate-critical document translations but it should be able to deliver a ‘mostly correct translation’.
So far, the Google statistical machine translation system is offering translations from Arabic, Chinese and Russian to English. The tool is free for the time being.

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Language123.com, a translation marketplace where professional linguists promote their services, has created a personal Blog space targeted to translators, interpreters, and linguists.
These Blogs are intended to encourage subscribers to communicate with other language professionals, receive and send tips and hints about the translation service as a business and announce their own news to other parties that might be interested.
http://language123.com/blog/blog-post.html

Translator’s Corner ( http://www.translatorscorner.com/ ) is a new online marketplace for freelance translators created by a group of translation software developers and former project managers.
Designed to help freelance translators conduct business safely and quickly, Translator’s Corner contains several sections and tools: SecureTrans (software designed to make contracting a professional translator over the internet safe and easy), TC Online Court, My Corner and Auto Price Comparison.