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NEWS & VOICES
This year CIOL celebrated International Translation Day 2025 with APEX Group International in an innovative hybrid/face-to-face and online collaboration with Saint Joseph University Dubai and ProZ.com.
By Nancy Tahir of CIOL Corporate Partner APEX Group
This year’s International Translation Day conference turned Saint Joseph University...
Zoe Moores, David Orrego-Carmona, Pia Ghosh, Tom Bartindale, Delvin Varghese and Margherita Angelucci:
The Action Translate Team, based at the Universities of Warwick, Northumbria and Monash
What is Action Translate?
Action Translate is an all-in-one team, initiative and crowdsourcing platform that supports volunteer translation initiatives....
By Michael Lynas, UK Country Director Duolingo
The Duolingo Westminster Language Challenge
“I, Michael Lynas, being the UK Country Director and Acting Returning Officer for the Duolingo Westminster Language Challenge, do hereby give notice that the number of lessons recorded for the candidates at the said Challenge is 65,000…”
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The Centre for Translation Studies (CTS) at the University of Surrey has recently received AHRC funding to support a research project on the use of bespoke Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) for interpreters.
As a result of recent developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI), the field of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) has advanced rapidly, leading...