A new study from the Pew Research Center found that while Catholicism remains the largest religious group among Latinos in the USA, the number of Latinos who identify as Catholic has declined by 24% since 2010. . .
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There are two functional problems with “Latinx.” First, it is awkward to say. Languages tend to gravitate toward simplification. Pronouncing an “x” (i.e., as “ex”) after an “n” in Spanish and in English does not feel normal or comfortable. . .
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An estimated 6,700 languages are spoken around the world. Yet, linguistic diversity is being threatened as languages become increasingly endangered.
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In Vancouver B.C., public school students at Sir Charles Tupper Secondary will have access to Filipino language courses.
The course focusing on Filipino language and culture will be the first of its kind in both the Vancouver School District and in BC.
https://t.co/WcVcMv2Qgt
In México, a new national university specializing in Indigenous language courses is set to begin classes by September, the Mexican National Institute of Indigenous Peoples (INPI) has announced.
https://t.co/rMhJYQk5PQ
SyncWords' users can now add highly accurate foreign subtitles in 50+ languages. DeepL's advanced technology, combined with SyncWords proprietary AI, is agile, affordable, and can be applied to both live and pre-recorded video content.
https://t.co/cW0brSegCN
The United Nations finally launched what it calls the International Decade of Indigenous Languages—a ten-year “survival plan” to protect global Indigenous languages from extinction.
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"GPT-4 has been released, and it is already in the headlines. It is the technology behind the popular ChatGPT developed by OpenAI which can generate textual information and imitate humans in question answering. "
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Ernie Bot, the highly anticipated ChatGPT alternative from Baidu, has received recognition from reviewers for its Chinese language capabilities, reversing initial disappointment and pushing the company’s stock up 15 percent in Hong Kong on Friday morning.
https://t.co/tkMp9w4i9X
If you're a small developer, you might not be able to afford translation services, and unless you know multiple languages, your hands are pretty much tied. That's exactly where Google's latest developer tool comes in.
https://t.co/uz6meHz0YT
According to a report by Javier Celaya and his digital consultancy Dosdoce, the Spanish audio market has registered an ongoing double-digit annual increase in sales in the last ten years, becoming the fastest-growing revenue model in the publishing world
https://t.co/Mjmpau5fRv
Language learning is a human universal. There is no human culture without language. Yet cultures and languages are highly varied. How does our cognitive apparatus manage to adapt to multi-linguistic situations rather than just a monolingual one?
https://t.co/bg1iCAlJOv
The Translate experience on the web is much more bare-bones, as it is limited to translating text, documents, and websites. Google is now at least adding one helpful feature to Translate on the web: image translation.
https://t.co/ve8mhiGrSv
The 2020 census documented that Latinos are the hardest working, most diverse, entrepreneurial, and youngest in the US. By sheer numbers alone, Latinos will shape the 21st century.
https://t.co/Vg185MLklH
Although ChatGPT is not purpose-built for translation, it is rapidly emerging as a reliable translation tool. Trained on a large corpus of text in dozens of languages, ChatGPT offers significantly more than traditional translation tools can offer.
https://t.co/sFZ583Id6W