Undoing Babel

Throughout human history, translators have been kept busy decoding messages from one language into another. And a hallmark of sophistication has been the ability to speak more than one language. However, emerging technology is about to change all that. A wave of technologies is soon expected to embed reliable and accurate translation into the Internet and the mobile telephone. What will this mean for managers, educators, investors, and students? Find out here.

There are some 6,000 languages in the world.&nb.....