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Spoken Language Communication and Translation System for Tactical Use (TRANSTAC)
Program Manager: Dr. Mari Maeda
Background:
Tactical environments often demand that military personnel be able to communicate with foreign-language speakers to gain a better understanding of the people, surroundings, and potential dangers or threats. The significant shortage of trained interpreters in languages of interest to national security is compounded by the inherent danger of the job and qualification requirements; often, US troops are faced with the challenge of having too few linguists, thus having to execute missions without the aid of trusted interpreters. While machine translators cannot fully replace a human linguist who can handle deep and complex interchanges, automatic speech translation technologies will assist military personnel in certain missions and situations where human linguists are unavailable.
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