Google now claims to rival human translators with its newly improved method, backed by artificial intelligence, which launched this week Aly Song/ReutersAt the G20 summit last month, the most significant meeting of world leaders in China’s history, male delegates could enter urinals labelled in English “Emiction Compartment”. At China’s world-beating Fast radio telescope, opened to visitors this week in the mountains of the southwest, entrance tickets bear the English line: “Scenic area to implement a one person one vote system.”It’s clear that there is a need for better translation tools between Chinese and English, but online solutions have struggled to cope. Google now claims to rival human translators with its newly improved method, backed by artificial intelligence, which launched this…

Source: The Times September 30, 2016 23:02 UTC