Computer behemoth I.B.M. is not the first company you would expect to use humans to help with translations. But that’s exactly what they’re doing to fine tune an automatic translation tool that will be speedy and accurate enough to be used for instant messaging between speakers of different languages.

The New York Times has an article about the endeavor, nFluent, which is currently only used by I.B.M. employees but which is intended to be sold to other businesses someday:
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