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In translation: a visualization of language

Published: 26 October 2009 Publication History

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In Translation is an interactive application that takes an alternative visual approach to translating languages using colors and shapes. The visual output reveals aspects of everyday language that most of the time go unnoticed but are intrinsic to language and meaning. In Translation combines concepts from both traditional InfoViz research and the Visual Arts to create an audience-focused, interactive learning experience. It is a computer-based application that viewers can use to generate and compare visualizations of chosen texts from 9 different languages that use the Roman alphabet.

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Fram-Cohen, Michelle. Reality, Language, Translation: What Makes Translation Possible. 1985. Available at http://enlightenment.supersaturated.com/essays/text/michelleframcohen//possibilityoftranslation.html.
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Pousman, Zachary; Stasko, John T.; IEEE; Mateas, Michael. Casual Information Visualization: Deceptions of Data in Everyday Life. Available at http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~john.stasko/papers/infovis07--casual.pdf.
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Ware, Colin. Information Visualization: Perception for Design. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2004

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    C&C '09: Proceedings of the seventh ACM conference on Creativity and cognition
    October 2009
    520 pages
    ISBN:9781605588650
    DOI:10.1145/1640233

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    Published: 26 October 2009

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    1. info graphics
    2. information visualization
    3. interactive application
    4. linguistics
    5. translation

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    October 26 - 30, 2009
    California, Berkeley, USA

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