Instant messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly experimenting with a new on-device message translation feature, offering users the ability to translate messages in real time without compromising their privacy. The feature, spotted in beta version 2.25.12.25 of WhatsApp for Android, enables automatic and manual translation of messages within individual chats and channelsāentirely offline. As per WABetaInfo,…
In July 2022, when Amit Baruah, a senior journalist from The Hindu, rang me, I was driving and could not take his call. He then sent me a message that read: āSomething important. Call me backā. A few minutes later, I spoke to him. he told me that the newspaper wanted its editorials translated into…
The National Education Policy, 2020, encourages students up to at least Class 5 to learn a regional language in addition to the local language or mother tongue and English. While the Central government asserts that the choice of the additional regional language is left to the States, the NEPās strong pitch for the three-language formula…
By the time I graduated from school, I counted various versions of Hindi, Urdu, English and Chhattisgarhi as my own languages. For college, I went to Trichy in Tamil Nadu, and developed deep admiration for the Tamil language and culture. I learnt to understand the language, but could not speak fluently. Now I have been…
