CNGL CTYI Course at UL - Localisation and MT

CNGL are running a Centre for Talented Youth (CTYI) course "Japanese Language, Webpage Localisation and Machine Translation" for primary school students in UL this week. The course, run by Dr. Dimitra Anastasiou, Naoto Nishio and Enda Quigley focuses on teaching the Japanese language and also language technologies available today on the Internet. Students are learning to recognise letters in Katakana, listen to the sound of them and type them. Then they will try out Google Machine Translation system with source language English and target language Japanese. Students will also create their own webpage both in English and Japanese. Educational games such as the Primary School Toolkit, Nintendo characters and drawings will make students aware not only of language but also of cultural differences.