At an event in China, Microsoft Research chief Rick Rashid has demonstrated a real-time English-to-Mandarin speech-to-speech translation engine. Not only is the translation very accurate, but the ...

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The latest WhatsApp update for iPhones takes universal communication to a whole new level by offering in-app translation for ...

MURRIETA — There are a variety of reasons why students have flocked to Li Yang’s Mandarin Chinese classes at Murrieta Mesa High School the last four years. Some are drawn to study language because of ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ditch your French and German textbooks and start learning Mandarin, David Cameron told the UK’s school pupils ...

A Mandarin-speaking Malay mother and daughter believe learning more languages helps to promote unity and multiculturalism.