Working with different languages
As we have previously discussed in this book, the globalization of the planet Earth over the past 30-50 years has created an evolution in technology unlike ever imagined. Moore’s law observes that the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit doubles about every two years, and this has roughly held true since his initial prediction back in 1975 until when, very recently, it was declared no longer considered possible (Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law). As one result, we have seen a massive proliferation of technology to help humans adapt to the challenges of globalization, and we cannot look past the language barriers faced by international travelers and companies. What’s more compelling when we can do more than simply text translation using a search engine is the ability to be able to translate the spoken word on the fly using that technology. For this reason and many more, Microsoft has made significant...
