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Crossing Cultures: AmazonCrossing makes a big impact on the world of literary translation

In 2016, AmazonCrossing, the publishing arm of the online retail giant, was the largest US publisher of translated fiction for the third year running. Although some may see this as a welcome development, helping to remedy the fact that translated literature makes up a very small part of the English language market, others have been more sceptical.

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Slinto: a look at the world’s first crowdsourced sign language dictionary

It is relatively easy to find a sign language translation for a particular word. A quick Google search will bring up videos demonstrating how the sign is made. This is a valuable resource, however things are a little more difficult when it comes to looking up a specific sign and its translation; a sign cannot be entered into a computer using a standard keyboard.

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