The tech giant has also updated the app to automatically detect the language and translate directly back and forth between different languages instead of just from English to others and vice versa as before. Aside from Vietnamese, new languages supported in the update include Malay, Thai, Arabic, Greek, Hindi, Latin, Latvian, Mongolian, Nepali, Igbo, and Javanese. In all, the app now supports 88 languages. To use it, one only needs to point the camera at the text and take a photo, and the app will take care of the rest. The tool offers three options: instant translation, scanning, in which it scans the text and translates, and importing, in which it translates from a file already existing in the user’s device. The app is yet to support instant translation from Vietnamese. Instant translation shows text in the target language right when one points their camera over it. For now Google Translate offers the updated version only to limited users, but by this month most users will … [Read more...] about Google Translate adds Vietnamese to direct camera translation
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Nearly 3,000 book titles donated to poor children in Lao Cai
At the book festival in Ha Giang province (Photo: VNA) Lao Cai (VNA) – Nearly 3,000 book titles have been donated to impoverished children in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang at a book festival on April 12. The event was held by the provincial library and the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, themed “Books- Partners for the Future” in response to Vietnam Book Day. Other activities held within the festival included painting and story-telling in Vietnamese and English. The event helped local students exchange information through books while honouring the roles of books and reading culture. On the occasion, ten students with excellent performance in study who are also standout members of the local library received certificates of merit from the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.-VNA … [Read more...] about Nearly 3,000 book titles donated to poor children in Lao Cai
Ancient inscriptions in My Son Sanctuary to be translated into English…
My Son towers (Source: VNA)Accordingly, the Sanskrit inscriptions on steles at the My Son World Cultural Heritage in Duy Phu commune, Duy Xuyen district, in the central province of Quang Nam, will be translated. Specialists will study the steles and help Vietnam translate the epitaphs from Sanskrit, the ancient liturgical language of Hinduism, to Vietnamese and English. The project aims to aid the preservation of the sanctuary and shed light on the cultural, historical, religious and architectural values hidden in the towers for thousands years. The complex has Sanskrit epitaphs engraved on 31 steles made of brick and stone, the main materials used in building the sanctuary./. Compiled by BTA … [Read more...] about Ancient inscriptions in My Son Sanctuary to be translated into English…
Over 12,000 entries to “Ambassadors of Reading Culture”
Book reading habit among children (Photo by C.N)The contest was launched by Vietnam Intellectual Cooperation Center, and the Hanoi Departments of Education and Training, Information and Communications, and Culture and Sports. The contest is hoped to awaken aspiration for book reading and encourage the spread of reading culture in the community. Contestants write a paper introducing the book they love the most and answer the question “If you are selected as an Ambassador of Reading Culture of the Capital City in the 2017-2018 academic year, what will you do to encourage others to read more books?”. They can send more than one entry in either written form or video clip and in Vietnamese or English language as well. The award ceremony is expected to take place on May 26th. In 2016, the contest attracted over 10,000 entries in both Vietnamese and English./. Compiled by BTA … [Read more...] about Over 12,000 entries to “Ambassadors of Reading Culture”
Festival to review Kafka’s legacy
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The Kafka Festival Hà Nội 2018 will review the legacy of great writer Franz Kafka (1883-1924) through exhibitions, film screenings, concerts and dance performances. Activities running from now until April 14, co-sponsored by a wide range of embassies and cultural partners, aim to help Vietnamese readers better understand Kafka’s life, vision, philosophy and career, said Czech Ambassador Vitezslav Grepl at a press briefing yesterday. An exhibition entitled “Kafka — A Journey to Vietnamese Readers” will be on display at the East-West Cultural Space, Heritage Space and Hà Nội University of Social Sciences and Humanities until April 14. The exhibition, presented in Vietnamese and English features a number of valuable photos and information on the novelist’s life and career, which were collected and presented worldwide by the Franz Kafka Society inPrague,Czech Republic. Before coming … [Read more...] about Festival to review Kafka’s legacy