Dirty Little Secrets for Translators

03
Feb

What does a “flap” look like?

Regardless of the reliability and the subject of this video, I’m sure it will help you understand what a “flap” is, as it presents a huge plastic eye, the flap of which is practically… movable!

 

02
Feb

Universitat Pompeu Fabra – Online terminology course

The course looks at the fundamental role that terminology plays in documentation, lexicography, linguistic normalization, language teaching and linguistic engineering. Knowledge, skills and resources for each of these areas is explored. The course materials have been developed by the IULATERM group at the Institut Universitari de Lingüística Aplicada (The University Institute of Applied Linguistics) of Pompeu Fabra University. All teaching staff have extensive academic and professional experience in this area.

Starting date: 8 April 2015 Finishing date: 24 July 2015
The programme will be taught in English.

 Fees: Price: 1440 € – Only credit and debit cards accepted.

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02
Feb
02
Feb

New start-up touts book discovery tool

Trajectory, a digital distributor and technology developer, has developed a proprietary algorithm platform it claims will take book recommendations to a new level of accuracy and utility. After scanning the text of a book, Trajectory claims its technology can deliver better keywords and book recommendations to its clients in the bookselling, library and school markets.

Trajectory is now offering commercial access to its Natural Language Processing Engine, a series of “deep learning algorithms,” said Trajectory CEO Jim Bryant, that will deliver a “big step forward in book discovery”—the ability to connect readers to desirable books they don’t already know about. The technology, he said, effectively maps and displays the personality of a book which can then be compared to other books.

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