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INDIAN BUREAUCRACY IS BIGGEST ALLY OF TERRORISTS Gather.com, MA - 1 hour ago Translation - it is not going to gain or lose them any votes. If I was a terrorist planning an attack in Mumbai, right now I would be feeling pretty ...

Source: Indian Translation News - Google News
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Mobile phones go multilingual Express Computers, India - 3 hours ago To be able to effectively transliterate words (which is different from translation), the mobile application needs to have a large set of words loaded into ...

Source: Inttranews - Daily News Site for Linguists
Baghdad, Iraq (San Francisco Chronicle): Since the war began five years ago, at least 200 Iraqis translating for U.S. troops have been killed, most of them in targeted killings, according to L3 Communications, a New York company that supplies interpreters to the American military. To avoid being killed or maimed, Travis and most other Iraqi translators lead dual lives, concealing their identities and addresses. On patrol, the young man covers his face with a military-issue bandanna that he pulls down to the bottom of his sunglasses. For more information, please visit: www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/15/MN6110LJ46.DTL&feed=rss.news

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/img_qdf9qJxWsSjuUlPECezK_0.jpgBeijing, China (People's Daily): More than 5,000 translators are on standby for this summer's Olympic Games to ensure nothing gets lost in translation, the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympics (BOCOG) said on Thursday. Zhao Huimin, director of BOCOG's international relations department, told reporters that BOCOG will provide 53 language services besides the official languages, French and English, of the International Olympic Committee, during the Aug. 8-24 event. For more information, please visit: english.people.com.cn/90001/90779/90867/6411716.html

Source: Inttranews - Daily News Site for Linguists
/img_D3UVLfHrVG6jtqeFjHlj_0.jpegCairo, Egypt (El-Ahram): If a good translation cannot guarantee the success of a novel, a bad translation can guarantee lukewarm or negative reception. Yet translators are more often than not ignored if not vilified in the process. Writers and critics need to understand what we translators do and what our constraints are in an increasingly globalised, multinational, profit-seeking publishing business. Writers and publishers alike must respect our art and our expertise if they hope truly to put Arabic literature on the global map. For more information, please visit: weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/897/cu2.htm

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/img_D3UVLfHrVG6jtqeFjHlj_0.jpegIowa, USA (KWWL): Staff at El Centro Latinoamericano in Waterloo are working overtime. "The people were getting contacted the most by are people who have no clue where their family members might be. Our biggest focus right now is to try to get the help. Interpreters are the key," said Mario Basurto with El Centro. For more information, please visit: www.kwwl.com/Global/story.asp?S=8319221