Can’t understand a word? Online translation is at hand (Image: Cultura/Getty)
EVEN in an era of global networks and cheap travel, international communication still faces one great barrier: we don’t all speak the same language. But that gap is narrowing as online translation services advance.
Recently launched website translates Arabic-language news stories into English, and vice versa, and displays the two versions alongside each other. Comments in either language are instantly translated. A new site for bloggers, called , automatically makes posts available to readers in 27 languages. And Google now has a tool that will eventually allow…
