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‘My name is Jeannie and I am from Inukjuak’: Inuktitut translators try out Google Translate


Newspaper of record for Nunavut, and the Nunavik territory of Quebec

She said she’s impressed with Google’s new tool that allows users to translate text, images, documents and webpages from Inuktut to English. But while it’s good for single-word translations, Napayok said people shouldn’t rely on it for more complicated tasks. Users can translate using both Inuktut writing systems — qaniujaaqpait (syllabics) and qaliujaaqpait (Roman alphabet).

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