Building A Better Translation Device For Our Troops

A Robotic Translator for Troops Strangers in a strange land could use a robotic translator to help them communicate fluently with locals in the proper dialect and tone. U.S. Army via Wikimedia

DARPA's Newest Language Translator Would Be Less Handheld Device, More Robot Assistant -- Popular Science

Genuine language translation has been one of the Holy Grails of DARPA research for decades, as it would vastly simplify military and humanitarian operations abroad and otherwise bridge the gaps between cultures made persistent by an inability to communicate. Now, rather than banking on some kind of handheld universal translator device (very Star Trek) DARPA wants an thinking robot that can interpret various languages and make decisions about what it hears (very Star Wars).

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My Comment: More news and info on this new military translator can be found here.