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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Babel Fish of Douglas Adams’ dreams may soon be a reality. A company called Waverly Labs is looking to bring a real-time, in-ear language translator to market in September. It’s going to be called ...

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.

In The Philosophy of Translation, Damion Searls investigates the essential differences—and similarities—between the task of the translator and of the writer. By just about any measure, Damion Searls, ...