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Second Language Studies: Acquisition, Learning, Education and TechnologyTokyo, Japan |
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Second Language Studies: Acquisition, Learning, Education and TechnologyTokyo, Japan |
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“is” is a newly developed interpretation-support software. Since interpretation
has long depended on the
personal ability of interpreter, improvement in interpretation technique by IT technology
has been thought to be
impossible. On the other hand, while voice recognition technology is being developed, the
study of machine
interpretation and translation has started and drawn many researchers’ interests.
However, we are not able to
access to a system of practical use. Our “is” is an innovative system, which
helps interpreters understand more
accurately and interpret quickly what speakers say. “is” has good functions to
reduce the cognitive load of
interpreters, such as controller to take advantage of a little bit time lag occurring in
the interpretations.
“is” has the following three advantages:
1. Reducing the cognitive load of interpreters will improve the quality of interpretations.
2. Recording device can produce bilingual voice proceedings.
3. “is” system is applicable to all languages.
Bibliographic reference. Tokioka, Youichi / Okuda, Kazuhiro (2010): "A new force in the interpretation technology", In L2WS-2010, paper D1-1.