MACHINE TRANSLATION NOW AVAILABLE ON COMPUSERVE

Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 16:00:17 +0100

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Subject: MACHINE TRANSLATION NOW AVAILABLE ON COMPUSERVE

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"(alt.sys.intergraph) MACHINE TRANSLATION NOW AVAILABLE ON COMPUSERVE":

MACHINE TRANSLATION NOW AVAILABLE ON COMPUSERVE COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 21

/PRNewswire/ — In an industry first, CompuServe, the only global commercial

information service, today announced the availability of multi-lingual

machine translation in its MacCIM Help Forum. Translation from English to

French and French to English, as well as English to German and German to

English, is done automatically in near real-time, making it possible for

CompuServe users who do not speak the same language to share information and

understanding.

"CompuServe is a global community, bringing people and ideas together across

time zones and cultures," said Timothy Oren, CompuServe’s vice president,

Future Technologies. "This new technology is a first step toward removing

the language barriers to worldwide communication and understanding. It

demonstrates our ongoing commitment to serving a global community."

Michael Tacelosky, president of MicroTac Software, is involved in the machine

translation industry and has used the CompuServe translator. "The goal here

is simply to communicate," he explained. "Machine translation integrated

with electronic messaging is a natural combination. Without it, I cannot

communicate in French or German. I don’t know enough to read or write those

languages. But with the computer’s help, I can communicate with someone who

doesn’t speak English. It’s a real breakthrough."

"Hood, Ernest (Ernie)" <ehood@hsv23.pcmail.ingr.com> prenis ^ci tion

rekte el la nova^joservo, sed ^gi ver^sajne aperis en iuj ^jurnaloj.

La^udire Rich Buckhiem ^ce Intergraph (205)730-8003 scias pri la

programaro, kaj CompuServe scias pri la servo, evidente.