XRDS

Crossroads The ACM Magazine for Students

Sign In

Association for Computing Machinery

Articles Tagged: Language translation

Articles & Features

How technology converses with local languages

SECTION: Features

How technology converses with local languages

The relationship between technology and language use is situated in social and historical factors. Considering the meaning of language use in technology design is essential for supporting diverse language preferences.

By Naveena Karusala, November 2019

PDF | HTML | In the Digital Library

Ancient Sumerian online

Ancient Sumerian online

Far from its beginnings as symbols pressed into clay tablets, Ancient Sumerian is now being digitized and shared through cutting edge semantic web technologies.

By Terhi Nurmikko-Fuller, October 2014

PDF | HTML | In the Digital Library

A hybrid system for code switch point detection in informal Arabic text

A hybrid system for code switch point detection in informal Arabic text

How to detect the switch between a standard and a dialectal form of a language in written text and why this is important for natural language processing tasks.

By Heba Elfardy, Mohamed Al-Badrashiny, Mona Diab, October 2014

PDF | HTML | In the Digital Library

Miriam Plieninger on language learning with Babbel

Miriam Plieninger on language learning with Babbel

Babbel's Director of Didactics, Miriam Plieninger, weighs in on how mobile apps are rapidly changing the way we approach language learning.

By Daniel Bauer, Billy Rathje, October 2014

PDF | HTML | In the Digital Library