Language translators and interpreters play a vital role in helping those who speak different languages connect. Although the two professions operate very similarly, they are not exactly the same. A ...

You know, for someone who ends up writing about emoji all the time, I don't actually use them that often. In fact, they're often a downright mystery to me — so it's a good thing that the Emoji ...

Last year Coursera announced partnerships with international organizations to expand the number of its massive open online courses available in foreign languages. Now the for-profit MOOC provider is ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The past few years have shown that U.S. government intelligence goes only so far. One of the biggest challenges is recognizing vital information in foreign languages — and acting ...

Consider the following hypothetical scenario at your business: In anticipation of a new product launch, you have commissioned focus groups to test the market reaction to your product and messaging.

A technology straight out of science fiction is coming to your video calls, provided you're willing to pay for it. Since Star Trek debuted in 1966, the many iterations of the franchise have leaned on ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Machine translation has come a long way since the heady, early days of the digital computer, when it seemed ...