Are you in or near San José? Come to our workshop on language access, translation, and AI, tomorrow (11/12) at SJSU's King Library!

The “Black Box” Behind Translation & AI: What Happens in LLMs and How It Ties into Local Communities

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"To translate is not simply to transfer meaning but to attend to differences—of culture, time, thought, expression—that evade perfect alignment"

Brilliant essay by Ross Benjamin on how AirPods & other automated translation tech eliminates what really matters in communicating across languages

Have you ever seen AI hallucinate inside a word? We asked ChatGPT to add a Spanish translation to the English in this sign and, well…

"Grecer" is close to crecer (to grow) but it seems to have borrowed the initial "g" from the English "grow"

#translation #hallucination #confabulation

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This mural, outside Ganado Feed on Lincoln Ave. in San Jose, urges the people who see it to find resilience in challenging times…in English. But some people in our community might really need to hear that message in another language, too.

#translate #sanjose #staystrong #murals #linguisticlandscape

Day 3 of our learning challenge

Everywhere you look in downtown San José you see this lovely poetry on garbage cans, written by local students. Their words make us think twice about the beauty of the world and how our actions influence it.

#translation #linguisticlandscape #poetry #haiku #俳句

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Day 2 of our learning challenge:

Amigos Auto Mall is one of many San Jose businesses with names that come from, or borrow from, languages beyond English. What does “amigos” say to the public that “Friends Auto Mall” might not?

#signs #linguisticlandscape #spanish #español #languages #translation

Join us the next 2 weeks as we #TranslateSanJose one sign at a time!

Day 1: How would you translate these signs—located on the banners along 1st St in downtown SJ—into Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese, or any of San Jose’s many languages?

#dtsj #translation #linguisticlandscape #learn #signs

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Great to see everyone who came out for our Language Learning Personal History workshop on Wednesday, and many thanks to Amy Russo of the SJSU Writing Center for her facilitation. We reflected and learned from each other’s histories in language...inspiring!

#multilingual #sanjose #academicsky

How do place and language bring us together? How do they create barriers? How do they shape our own growth and identity?

Join this #SJSU workshop to reflect, explore, and create your own personal language history! Snacks provided; bring a friend! ✏️🌍

#writing #multilingual #bilingual

Which of Santa Clara County’s languages do you recognize from this multilingual VOTE sign? Which can you read?

Of course, the best way to practice is to visit a vote center and actually (you guessed it) VOTE! 🗳️✅

#multilingual #languages #santaclara #sanjose #election #translate #translation

Yesterday was UN International Translation Day, "an opportunity to pay tribute to the work of language professionals, which plays an important role in bringing nations together, facilitating dialogue," and so much more. Thank you, translators and interpreters everywhere!

#translation #multilingual

As part of our first workshop, Imagining a More Multilingual San José, we asked students to identify places where they feel welcomed by the language that is used there. Here are a few of the 50 (& counting) places on the map.

View it here: padlet.com/sjsu/the-pla...

#multilingual #sanjose #sjsu

Does multilingualism in public places help you feel more welcome in your city?

Come to our first workshop, "Re-imagining Multilingual San José," to learn about creative and educational projects in the #LinguisticLandscape, and get involved!

Sept 25 at SJSU. RSVP link & QR code in pic ✨