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Published online 7 November 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news061106-6
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Google tops translation ranking
Program learns languages by comparing documents.
Google has built an English translation tool for Chinese and Arabic texts — using a team that speaks neither of the two languages.
The system, which last week topped an international exercise to find the best Chinese and Arabic translation technology, is symbolic of a shift in approach to computer translation.
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