Evolution of Machine Evolution of Machine Translation: Tower of Babel 3.0Translation: Tower of Babel 3.0

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““Robot brain translates Russian into King’s Robot brain translates Russian into King’s English” – English” – IBM, January 7, 1954

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Yanishevsky, A. (2009)

Translation 2.0Translation 2.0

Liako (2009)

English - 27.6% of Internet usersEnglish - 27.6% of Internet users

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Credits:Credits:• Video:• Batesnorge. (2010, February 01). Berlitz – Coastguard. Retrieved from Google/Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUnRzHbQpmg• GoogleVideos. (2010, February 17). Translation in Google Goggles Prototype. Retrieved from Google/Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae01yz5z99E

• Pictures:• Acjeppo. (2009, June 8). Become a Global Citizen. Retrieved from Yahoo!/Flickr Inc.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/acjeppo/3607269276/sizes/o/ • IBM Inc. (1954). [Picture of Electronic analytical control unit IBM 101]. Retrieved from

http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/701/701_1415bx01.html• Gareth Harper (2008, January 6). Forecasting stone. Retrieved from Yahoo!/Flickr Inc.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/65271786@N00/2171103849/• Yanishevsky, A. (2009, April). The Emerging role of machine translation. PROMT. Retrieved from

http://www.promt.ru/press/pdf/promt_for_multilingual.pdf• Liako. (2009, July 13). Google Translate. Retrieved from Yahoo!/Flickr Inc.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/liako/3716389304/• Global Web Index. (2009, November 26). Infographic #001 – Global Map of Social Web. Retrieved from

http://www.globalwebindex.net/latest/index.php/2009/11/26/infographic-001-global-map-of-social-web/

Presented by Sam AitymbetovPresented by Sam AitymbetovMCDM, University of WashingtonMCDM, University of Washingtonsamag@uw.edusamag@uw.eduCreative Commons, non-commercial usage is allowedCreative Commons, non-commercial usage is allowed