Google’s Computing Power Refines Translation Tool

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/technology/09translate.html

The company’s network pushes the limits of translation technology and has become a favored source for millions. “This technology can make the language barrier go away,” said Franz Och, a principal scientist at Google who leads the company’s machine translation team. “It would allow anyone to communicate with anyone else.” Mr. Och acknowledged that Google’s translation system still needed improvement, but he said it was getting better fast. “The current quality improvement curve is still pretty steep,” he said.

Tags: computer translation
Topics: Language, Technology