28.4.05
Innovative Arabic Language Translation Software Now Available to U.S. Government
Innovative Arabic Language Translation Software Now Available to U.S. Government
: "Information
Manufacturing Corporation (IMC) has entered into a strategic agreement with
Sakhr Software USA, Inc. to help solve an urgent language problem for U.S.
government agencies. IMC is a West Virginia-based knowledge service
integrator. Sakhr Software USA is headquartered in Washington, DC.
Government agencies must sift through and organize millions of documents
in diverse formats to understand the nature of threats against the United
States. In countering terrorism, the government has had to rely almost
entirely on human translators to render Arabic language information into
English before it could be analyzed and mined for critical data. Human
translation is a long and arduous process. More recently, translation
software has helped to speed up the process, but translation errors and
inaccurate phraseology were inherent in software produced in the U.S. and
other non-Arabic language nations. With this strategic agreement Sakhr
Software USA and IMC are changing that. Sakhr Software USA is the U.S.
subsidiary of the Egyptian-based Sakhr Software, the leading information
technology software producer in the Arab world. Their Arabic-to-English
translation software, known as Sakhr, presents a unique advantage over other
translation software because it was designed linguistically with the Arabic
language at its core, allowing it to translate not only words but entire
phrases with far greater accuracy than has been possible in the past.
Through its partnership with Sakhr Software USA, Inc., IMC becomes the
exclusive U.S. producer and distributor of certified, trusted Sakhr Arabic
translation and information management software for U.S. government agencies.
Through a joint agreement, the Sakhr source codes will be deposited with IMC
and will be examined to ensure their integrity for broader use by the U.S.
government and then certified by IMC for 'trusted' distribution to key U.S.
government customers." ¶ 07:16
: "Information
Manufacturing Corporation (IMC) has entered into a strategic agreement with
Sakhr Software USA, Inc. to help solve an urgent language problem for U.S.
government agencies. IMC is a West Virginia-based knowledge service
integrator. Sakhr Software USA is headquartered in Washington, DC.
Government agencies must sift through and organize millions of documents
in diverse formats to understand the nature of threats against the United
States. In countering terrorism, the government has had to rely almost
entirely on human translators to render Arabic language information into
English before it could be analyzed and mined for critical data. Human
translation is a long and arduous process. More recently, translation
software has helped to speed up the process, but translation errors and
inaccurate phraseology were inherent in software produced in the U.S. and
other non-Arabic language nations. With this strategic agreement Sakhr
Software USA and IMC are changing that. Sakhr Software USA is the U.S.
subsidiary of the Egyptian-based Sakhr Software, the leading information
technology software producer in the Arab world. Their Arabic-to-English
translation software, known as Sakhr, presents a unique advantage over other
translation software because it was designed linguistically with the Arabic
language at its core, allowing it to translate not only words but entire
phrases with far greater accuracy than has been possible in the past.
Through its partnership with Sakhr Software USA, Inc., IMC becomes the
exclusive U.S. producer and distributor of certified, trusted Sakhr Arabic
translation and information management software for U.S. government agencies.
Through a joint agreement, the Sakhr source codes will be deposited with IMC
and will be examined to ensure their integrity for broader use by the U.S.
government and then certified by IMC for 'trusted' distribution to key U.S.
government customers." ¶ 07:16
