TN govt, Bengaluru group team up for translation project - Deccan Herald - Translation

The Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation is collaborating with the Karnataka Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi to launch Kannada translations of three Tamil books. 

All three titles have been translated into Kannada by K Nallathambi. “The aim is to promote the literature and culture of Tamil Nadu. The Tamil Nadu government has been publishing translations of Tamil literature in English for a couple of years and they are now doing it in Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu,” says Sreedhara V S, regional co-ordinator for the corporation. 

Sreedhara is responsible for choosing titles to be translated into Kannada. “We have been working on this project for eight months. As this is the first leg of the project, I decided it would be best to look for books that are already translated but are yet to be published,” he explains.  

Going forward, the plan is to release the same titles simultaneously in all three south Indian languages. “We will come together and pick common titles. The next set of books should tentatively be out by the end of the year,” he adds. 

The objective is also to provide a platform for more translators and small-scale independent publishers. “The publishers will also be provided with a subsidy and the translators will get an honorarium,” he says.

The corporation is preparing a panel of translators proficient in the two languages.

“We have five on board now. But we plan to add more and we welcome translators to contact us in case they are interested in being a part of the project,” he says.

In the future, Kannada books will also be translated into Tamil under the same initiative. Some works are already in the pipeline, he told Metrolife. 

He believes the project will play a big role in academic research. “Everything in India unfortunately takes place in English. To break away from it, this is a step in the right direction. This will be of interest to not just to Kannadigas interested in Tamil literature, but also to researchers who want to do a comparative analysis of the two cultures,” he says. 

About the books 

Among the three books, two are based on the life and thoughts of Gandhi. While ‘Mattondu Ratri…’ is an anthology of 11 stories by writers such as Devi Bharathi, Jeyamohan and Kalai Selvi, ‘Bapu Hejjegalalli’ covers the lives of 15 eminent Gandhians, predominantly from Tamil Nadu.

The books are being published by Mysuru-based Abhiruchi Prakashana and Hosapete-based Pallava Prakashana respectively.

“One of the stories in ‘Mattondu Ratri…’ is by me. When I read the 10 stories, I wanted to write one. Overall, the stories are fictional but they are heavily influenced by Gandhi’s life and principles,” says K Nallathambi, translator of the books. He started translating the three books in 2019.

“By 2021, I had translated all three books. Translating is always an interesting process, as, despite the two languages sounding so similar, there are often many distinctions,” he says. Nallathambi, a Bengalurean, has been translating professionally between Kannada and Tamil for eight years. 

‘Gudi-Gante’, the third book on the list, is a collection of short stories by well-known Tamil writer Janakiraman. It is published by Ladai Prakashana in Gadag. “These are 17 short stories and they are magical as they keep drawing you in,” he says. The three books will
be available at bookstores across Bengaluru from next week.
For details, call 94481 27571.

Upcoming titles

Daham (novel) by K Chinnappa Bharathi

Yarum Attravar (novel) by K Muthukrishnan

Anthology of short stories of Pudumaipittan

Ma Rajendra Reader (short stories)

Dravida Iyyakkam (Periyar writings)

Meethamirkkum Sorakkal, anthology of women’s writing

Dalit Panpad (essays by Gauthaman)

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Video Translation Company Papercup Raises $20 Million - Pulse 2.0 - Translation

• Papercup, an AI dubbing and video translation company, announced recently that it raised $20 million in Series A funding. These are the details.

Papercup, an AI dubbing and video translation company, announced recently that it raised $20 million in Series A funding. With this round of funding, the company has now raised a total of $30.5 million.

This oversubscribed round was led by Octopus Ventures and the company had follow-on participation from Local Globe, Sands Capital, Sky and Guardian Media Ventures, Entrepreneur First, and, BDMI.

This funding round also saw new angels Des Traynor, Co-founder of Intercom, and John Collison, Co-founder of Stripe join the roster of existing investors including William Tunstall-Pedoe, founder of Evi (now Amazon’s Alexa), and Zoubin Ghahramani, Senior Research Director at Google Brain, and former Chief Scientist at Uber.

This funding round will enable Papercup with the mission of making the world’s video content watchable in any language. And the funding will help the company double down on research around expressive voices, expand into new languages, and scale our offering in markets we have proven our technology works well.

KEY QUOTES:

“Spotify has 3.2 million podcasts. Youtube 500 hours of video uploaded every minute. Discovery, 100,000 hours of documentaries. CNN 4 million video assets. The volume of video and audio produced for consumption is rising exponentially, yet, only 1% is currently dubbed into multiple languages. Papercup’s use of AI to provide affordable, high quality dubbing can unlock that content for audiences around the world and in, doing so, drive a 100 fold expansion in the video and audio translation market with Papercup at the forefront.”

— Zoe Reich, investor, Octopus Ventures

“People retain up to 70% more information when watching videos dubbed in their native language. With truly emotive cross-lingual AI dubbing, we can tackle all forms of content, making video and audio more accessible and enjoyable for everyone. This funding will allow us to double down on our promising research and break into new content categories.”

— Jesse Shemen, Papercup’s Co-founder and CEO

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Editor's column: The insurrectionist's dictionary – Tennessee Lookout - Tennessee Lookout - Dictionary

Those of you who were among the 20 million Americans to tune into Thursday night’s opening hearing of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol and those of you who plan to continue watching will likely become familiar with a number of terms. 

And if you read newspapers or pay attention to chitchat on social media from those who dispute the attack was an insurrection, you are going to hear many of the same terms but may notice differing interpretations. 

So, in an effort to best prepare you to follow the hearings and ensuing conversations from talking heads, we offer up the insurrectionist’s dictionary. 

Tour group. They say: The mob around and in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 were tourists. 

We say: Many of us have gone on tours of Washington, DC, and when I lived there, I gave plenty of them to visiting family and friends, promenading them down the Mall, around the Tidal Basin and, for the very special, even going into the West Wing of the White House.

Things we did not do on those tours include beating Capitol Police officers with the American flag, spraying them in the face with bear spray, threatening to hang the vice president of the United States and breaking out windows and stealing statues in the Capitol. Yet, those were some of the activities of the supposed “peaceful protesters.” 

Do these look like tourists to you? (Photo: Alex Kent)

Violent insurrection. They say: Black Lives Matter protests in the summer of 2020 were as bad if not worse than the Capitol attack and that protesters should be arrested. 

We say: We now know the pro-Donald Trump faction plotted to overthrow the peaceful transfer of power.

The Black Lives Matter protests were not such a plot to subvert any type of transfer of power. 

The Black Lives Matter protests after George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer and Breonna Taylor by Louisville police were a response to those killings and other injustices perpetrated by police against Black Americans. And at least in Nashville, authorities did arrest protesters who set the Historic Metro Nashville Courthouse on fire: They were white. 

Innocent young woman. They say: A woman killed in the Capitol by Capitol Police was trying to stop the riot.

We say: When a supporter of former President Donald Trump refers to an “innocent young woman” in context of the insurrection, they are likely talking about Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed during the attack. From that description, if you knew nothing else, you might think Babbitt was a bystander, martyred by a savage shooting. 

In reality, Babbitt was a 35-year-old Air Force veteran who was shot by a Capitol Police officer when she tried to climb through a broken window into the lobby of the U.S. House of Representatives. She did so despite being warned multiple times, as is documented through numerous reports, not to do so. 

That’s not to say her death wasn’t dreadful, a tragic outcome of her brainwashing by bizarre Q-Anon stories that led her to the Capitol in January 2021.

Traitor. They say: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Jan. 6 committee Vice Chair U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and anyone who voted for Biden.

We say: An elected official who plots to retain power by any means necessary despite losing a free and fair election, exhorting a crowd to storm the Capitol, disrupt the certification of the election, and suggesting the crowd might be right in suggesting one’s vice president be hanged. Abbreviated version: Trump. 

Patriot. They say: People who beat U.S. Capitol Police officers and vilified them in the process of breaking into the Capitol. 

We say: U.S. Capitol Police and members of the Jan. 6 committee.

The President of the United States. They say: Donald J. Trump. 

We say: No. The President is Joe Biden, who won both the popular vote and the Electoral College, the former by more than  7 million votes and the latter by 74 votes. 

Note: Definitions are subject to change as the Jan. 6 committee proceeds. Please stay tuned for semantic updates to the dictionary.

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Video Translation Company Papercup Raises $20 Million - Pulse 2.0 - Translation

• Papercup, an AI dubbing and video translation company, announced recently that it raised $20 million in Series A funding. These are the details.

Papercup, an AI dubbing and video translation company, announced recently that it raised $20 million in Series A funding. With this round of funding, the company has now raised a total of $30.5 million.

This oversubscribed round was led by Octopus Ventures and the company had follow-on participation from Local Globe, Sands Capital, Sky and Guardian Media Ventures, Entrepreneur First, and, BDMI.

This funding round also saw new angels Des Traynor, Co-founder of Intercom, and John Collison, Co-founder of Stripe join the roster of existing investors including William Tunstall-Pedoe, founder of Evi (now Amazon’s Alexa), and Zoubin Ghahramani, Senior Research Director at Google Brain, and former Chief Scientist at Uber.

This funding round will enable Papercup with the mission of making the world’s video content watchable in any language. And the funding will help the company double down on research around expressive voices, expand into new languages, and scale our offering in markets we have proven our technology works well.

KEY QUOTES:

“Spotify has 3.2 million podcasts. Youtube 500 hours of video uploaded every minute. Discovery, 100,000 hours of documentaries. CNN 4 million video assets. The volume of video and audio produced for consumption is rising exponentially, yet, only 1% is currently dubbed into multiple languages. Papercup’s use of AI to provide affordable, high quality dubbing can unlock that content for audiences around the world and in, doing so, drive a 100 fold expansion in the video and audio translation market with Papercup at the forefront.”

— Zoe Reich, investor, Octopus Ventures

“People retain up to 70% more information when watching videos dubbed in their native language. With truly emotive cross-lingual AI dubbing, we can tackle all forms of content, making video and audio more accessible and enjoyable for everyone. This funding will allow us to double down on our promising research and break into new content categories.”

— Jesse Shemen, Papercup’s Co-founder and CEO

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Editor's column: The insurrectionist's dictionary – Tennessee Lookout - Tennessee Lookout - Dictionary

Those of you who were among the 20 million Americans to tune into Thursday night’s opening hearing of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol and those of you who plan to continue watching will likely become familiar with a number of terms. 

And if you read newspapers or pay attention to chitchat on social media from those who dispute the attack was an insurrection, you are going to hear many of the same terms but may notice differing interpretations. 

So, in an effort to best prepare you to follow the hearings and ensuing conversations from talking heads, we offer up the insurrectionist’s dictionary. 

Tour group. They say: The mob around and in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 were tourists. 

We say: Many of us have gone on tours of Washington, DC, and when I lived there, I gave plenty of them to visiting family and friends, promenading them down the Mall and around the Tidal Basin.

Things we did not do on those tours included beating Capitol Police officers with the American flag, spraying them in the face with bear spray, threatening to hang the vice president of the United States and breaking out windows and stealing statues in the Capitol. Yet, those were some of the activities of the supposed “peaceful protesters.” 

Do these look like tourists to you? (Photo: Alex Kent)

Violent insurrection. They say: Black Lives Matter protests in the summer of 2020 were as bad if not worse than the Capitol attack and that protesters should be arrested. 

We say: We now know the pro-Donald Trump faction plotted to overthrow the peaceful transfer of power.

The Black Lives Matter protests were not such a plot to subvert any type of transfer of power. 

The  Black Lives Matter protests after George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer and Breonna Taylor by Louisville police were a response to those killings and other injustices perpetrated by police against Black Americans. And at least in Nashville, authorities did arrest protesters who set the Historic Metro Nashville Courthouse on fire: They were white. 

Innocent young woman. They say: A woman killed in the Capitol by Capitol Police was trying to stop the riot.

We say: When a supporter of former President Donald Trump refers to an “innocent young woman” in context of the insurrection, they are likely talking about Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed during the attack. From that description, if you knew nothing else, you might think Babbitt was a bystander, martyred by a savage shooting. 

In reality, Babbitt was a 35-year-old. Air Force veteran who was shot by a Capitol Police officer when she tried to climb through a broken window into the lobby of the U.S. House of Representatives. She did so despite being warned multiple times, as is documented through numerous reports, not to do so. 

That’s not to say her death wasn’t dreadful, a tragic outcome of her brainwashing by bizarre Q-Anon stories that led her to the Capitol in January 2021.

Traitor. They say: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Jan. 6 committee Vice Chair U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and anyone who voted for Biden.

We say: An elected official who plots to retain power by any means necessary despite losing a free and fair election, exhorting a crowd to storm the Capitol, disrupt the certification of the election, and suggesting the crowd might be right in suggesting one’s vice president be hanged. Abbreviated version: Trump. 

Patriot. They say: People who beat U.S. Capitol Police officers and vilify them in the process of breaking into the Capitol. 

We say: U.S. Capitol Police and members of the Jan. 6 committee.

The President of the United States. They say: Donald J. Trump. 

We say: No. The President is Joe Biden, who won both the popular vote and the Electoral College, the former by more than  7 million votes and the latter by 74 votes. 

Note: Definitions are subject to change as the Jan. 6 committee proceeds. Please stay tuned for semantic updates to the dictionary.

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The 7 Best Language Learning and Translation Apps for Travelers - The Wall Street Journal - Translation

Someday soon when traveling to a foreign country where you don’t speak the language, understanding locals may be as easy as pulling on a pair of augmented-reality glasses. Last month, Googledemonstrated developing translation technology the company calls “subtitles for the world.” Google’s prototype spectacles project translated speech into a wearer’s field of vision in real time using AR technology.

While it’s probably a ways off before travelers will be able to secure a pair of Google’s glasses—the company hasn’t said when the product might be available—translation technology has already made some notable gains in recent years, making foreign travel more manageable. We’ve sifted through the most promising smartphone apps designed to help travelers break the language barrier.

Translating on the Go

When it comes to quick and effective translation, Google Translate is perhaps the most essential tool for travelers needing to decipher communications when they don’t speak the language in their chosen destination. Yes, social media users have poked plenty of fun at the service online for sometimes rendering awkward or inaccurate translations. (Google translates hamsterkauf, the German word for “panic buying” into “hamster purchase” in English.) However despite the occasional linguistic slips, Google Translate is a powerful tool that has matured significantly since launching in 2006.

The app, which supports 133 languages, is especially useful for travelers consistently racking up new passport stamps. “I traveled to 19 different countries and I used Google Translate in all of them,” said Isabelle Lieblein, a 22-year-old American who, while living in Europe last year, set out to visit as many countries as possible.

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Ms. Lieblein, who shares travel tips on TikTok, used Google’s camera function to translate written text like signs and restaurant menus. She also appreciated that Google Translate allows for downloading languages pre-arrival. That way, the app works offline.

Like many travelers, Ms. Lieblein said that for more complicated conversations and text, she found that a rival app called DeepL, which uses artificial intelligence, sometimes produced more refined translations than Google. Based in Germany, DeepL says its service is more than three times more accurate than its closest competitors. Basic DeepL is free but requires an internet connection to function.

Talk the Talk

Travelers eager to pick up the local language before they arrive or while they’re traveling can find dozens of available smartphone apps. The clear leader is Duolingo, a playful app which delivers bite-size lessons on an animated platform akin to popular mobile games. According to research firm Sensor Tower Inc., since 2019 Duolingo has led all other language apps world-wide in terms of revenue and downloads. Duolingo offers both a free ad-supported service and a premium ad-free version for $12.99 a month. As of 2021, the app taught 40 languages.

Rosetta Stone, a longtime purveyor of language-learning software, also has a smartphone subscription service which costs $44.99 for three months. The subscription includes a “Phrasebook” feature for travelers anxious to focus on common phrases.

“Linguado, a ‘social version’ of Duolingo, encourages language learners to connect with other users.”

Goal-oriented, gamified platforms appear to be favorites among consumers. Also ranking in Sensor Tower’s top-five are language apps Babbel, a flashcard based program with real photos, and Busuu, which includes a community feature that allows learners to befriend one another. However, users won’t be able to advance far with either app without paying. Babbel costs a minimum of $42.99 for three months. Premium access to Busuu runs from $10.99 a month.

But using your smartphone is only going to take you so far, said Alexander Max Kaplan, founder of Linguado, a newer app that encourages language learners to seek out and connect with other users by employing search criteria like location, nationality and languages of interest. “The number one way to learn a language is through immersion,” said Mr. Kaplan, calling his platform “a social version” of Duolingo that aims to help connect users interested in language exchange. “The only way you can immerse yourself in a language is with other humans,” he said.

Write to R.T. Watson at rt.watson@wsj.com

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