A staff member of Alibaba, China's e-commerce giant, and a visitor chat via a real-time translator during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. Photo: Xinhua A staff member of Alibaba, China's e-commerce giant, and a visitor chat via a real-time translator during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. Photo: Xinhua
A staff member of Alibaba, China's e-commerce giant, and a visitor chat via a real-time translator during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. Photo: Xinhua
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These Star Trek-style translation devices are smashing the language barrier, thanks to AI and cloud computing

  • The translators on show at CES 2019 in Las Vegas bring sci-fi tech a step closer to reality

Topic |   Technology
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Updated: 2:36am, 11 Jan, 2019

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A staff member of Alibaba, China's e-commerce giant, and a visitor chat via a real-time translator during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. Photo: Xinhua A staff member of Alibaba, China's e-commerce giant, and a visitor chat via a real-time translator during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. Photo: Xinhua
A staff member of Alibaba, China's e-commerce giant, and a visitor chat via a real-time translator during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. Photo: Xinhua
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