Labour plans to prioritise spending on English language teaching for recent immigrants over non-essential written translation materials.

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The Commission's argument is that because it has dedicated departments - one for simultaneous interpretation and one for translation of the written word - it can guarantee uniform quality across the board.

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Written in the vernacular the best modern translation is by Stillman Drake it uses every device of Renaissance humanism: irony, drama, comedy, sarcasm, pointed conflict, and a special kind of fantastic poetry.

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This is explained by its originally having been written in English, so the Japanese version is a translation.

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So, Autodesk opted for a customised Systran system which translates search results into French, Spanish, German or Italian. (Support for Japanese is in the works.) By analysing the documents in Autodesk's database, and exploiting the fact that they are written in a consistent style, it was possible to tune the translation system to produce far more accurate results.

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The mass was written in Welsh by the prominent poet Alan Llwyd, and an English translation has been carried out by Gweneth Lilly for the benefit of non-Welsh-speakers at the cathedral service.

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Its fruits include a great Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures and Philo's brilliant exposition of Jewish metaphysics written in Greek.

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