Ministries to Embark on Project With Microsoft
Technology giant Microsoft is expected to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Education as well as the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts to help build a free online Khmer-language database for users to translate documents between Khmer and other languages, a Microsoft representative said Tuesday. Government officials said the approvals for the project would come in the next two weeks. The initiative will recruit local college students to translate English words and sentences to Khmer and input them into an online system known as the Microsoft Translator Hub. The hub will then compile a database of the translations that, once complete, will be made available for anyone to use for automatic translation. But before the project can start, the company needs help from Cambodia’s ministries to oversee the translations and make sure they are accurate. … “We need them to do quality control and monitor the project,” said Chhourn Piseth, a technology specialist with Microsoft’s Development Program. “We’ve discussed this with the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts and the Ministry of Education on how to make this plan a success.” Mr. Piseth said the project is split into three phases, with the first phase expected to begin either next month or in early 2014, and for all phases to be nearly done within three years. …
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