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[New Function of the Language Grid Toolbox]

[New Language Resources]

[Monthly Maintenance for April]

[Language Grid Users] Ichimura Laboratory, Tokyo University of Technology

[Message from Editorial Board Member]

New Function of the Language Grid Toolbox

  A new function of the Language Grid Toolbox has been released.
 

-Discussion

  This function can be used for discussions on a bulletin board system (BBS) about uploaded images and maps. The messages of the BBS and the uploaded contents are displayed on the same window. Users can place a pointer on the uploaded contents to indicate the exact part of the content that they are talking about. This function is used for multilingual discussion at research meetings. For example, when students share their slides for presentations and have discussions using a pointer on a graph in the slide. (See the screen shot above.)
The Graduate School of Informatics in Kyoto University launched a website called “Global 30 Community Site” using the above function. The site is expected to support exchange students.

New Language Resources

New language resources are added to the Language Grid. (In the order of resource name, provider, and supported languages.)

Kyoto Specialty Dictionary
Kyoto Information Card System (KICS)
Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Korean, English, Portuguese, German, French, Spanish, Italian

Ritsumeikan Dictionary(Ritsumeikan University’s dictionary for exchange students support)
Advanced Scientific Technology & Management Research Institute of KYOTO (ASTEM)
Japanese, Chinese, Korean, English

Kodaiji Temple Dictionary(Kodaiji temple’s dictionary for Zen meditation and tea ceremony experiences)
Kodaiji Temple
Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Korean, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian

Rental Housing Dictionary
House Saison Co., Ltd.
Japanese, Chinese, Korean, English

Kyoto Maternity Dictionary(A dictionary for maternity and childcare in Kyoto, Japan)
Center for Multicultural Center Kyoto
Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese

Monthly Maintenance for April

  The next maintenance of the Language Grid will be conducted on Monday, April 5th at 18:00-21:00 JST.
If you wish to use the Language Grid during this period, please contact us in advance at operation [at] langrid.org.

Language Grid Users: Ichimura Laboratory, Tokyo University of Technology

  At Ichimura Laboratory at the School of Computer Science in Tokyo University of Technology, we have a research group of Japanese language input system (IME) and have been using the Language Grid since June 2009.
  We developed the system of Japanese language input system with real-time translation function. This system uses the services on the Language Grid. The services support translation with the back-translation and synonym replacement functions, in addition to the normal function of displaying the translation result. The system is compatible with the Japanese input systems including MS-IME, ATOK, and Google Japanese Input. With the exchange students in our lab, we could use a chat system to have conversations with the Chinese speakers.
  During our research, we used the Language Grid's services for translation. We will soon present the results at a research conference on the Language Grid.
We hope to develop the system further by using language resources other than translators.
　
(Satoshi Ichimura, Associate Professor of the School of Computer Science, Tokyo University of Technology)

 

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[Message from Editorial Board Member]

  Surprisingly, this is already the twenty-first issue. At the end of this month, I will resign from the editorial board of this newsletter. From the next issue onward, a new member will deliver the newsletter to you.
  Thank you all for reading, and we will appreciate your continuous support!

(Eri Tsunokawa, Coordinator of the Language Grid Project)