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Friday, August 16, 2002
http://www.e-insite.net/commvergemag/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA236133&pubdate=8/1/2002 Machine-translation systems chip away at language barriers. Richard A Quinnell, Contributing Editor, CommVerge The saying that a picture is worth a thousand words contains a hidden truth: Words are the standard of communications by which everything else is measured. As old hat and low tech as the written word may seem, it is an essential part of the way companies and individuals communicate. Even in today's Internet-dominated world, where audio, video, and graphics get all the attention, text still forms the backbone of communication. What has changed with the advent of the Internet and its offspring—Web pages, email, and instant messaging—is the globalization of that text. Now, more than ever, communications and information exchanges are crossing both national and linguistic boundaries....
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