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NOBEL LECTURE PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE 2025

NOBEL LECTURE PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE 2025

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 20251207Fred Ramsdell, Nobel Laureate, in Physiology or Medicine, gives his lecture "Translating Basic Science to Therapeutic Opportunities: the Treg Example" in Aula Medica in Stockholm, Sweden, 7 December 2025.Photo: Henrik Montgomery / TT / Code 10060

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NOBEL LECTURE PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE 2025

NOBEL LECTURE PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE 2025

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 20251207Fred Ramsdell, Nobel Laureate, in Physiology or Medicine, gives his lecture "Translating Basic Science to Therapeutic Opportunities: the Treg Example" in Aula Medica in Stockholm, Sweden, 7 December 2025.Photo: Henrik Montgomery / TT / Code 10060

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NOBEL LECTURE PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE 2025

NOBEL LECTURE PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE 2025

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 20251207Fred Ramsdell, Nobel Laureate, in Physiology or Medicine, gives his lecture "Translating Basic Science to Therapeutic Opportunities: the Treg Example" in Aula Medica in Stockholm, Sweden, 7 December 2025.Photo: Henrik Montgomery / TT / Code 10060

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NOBEL LECTURE PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE 2025

NOBEL LECTURE PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE 2025

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 20251207Fred Ramsdell, Nobel Laureate, in Physiology or Medicine, gives his lecture "Translating Basic Science to Therapeutic Opportunities: the Treg Example" in Aula Medica in Stockholm, Sweden, 7 December 2025.Photo: Henrik Montgomery / TT / Code 10060

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NOBEL LECTURE PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE 2025

NOBEL LECTURE PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE 2025

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 20251207Fred Ramsdell, Nobel Laureate, in Physiology or Medicine, gives his lecture "Translating Basic Science to Therapeutic Opportunities: the Treg Example" in Aula Medica in Stockholm, Sweden, 7 December 2025.Photo: Henrik Montgomery / TT / Code 10060

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NOBEL LECTURE PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE 2025

NOBEL LECTURE PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE 2025

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 20251207Fred Ramsdell, Nobel Laureate, in Physiology or Medicine, gives his lecture "Translating Basic Science to Therapeutic Opportunities: the Treg Example" in Aula Medica in Stockholm, Sweden, 7 December 2025.Photo: Henrik Montgomery / TT / Code 10060

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NOBEL LECTURE PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE 2025

NOBEL LECTURE PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE 2025

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 20251207Fred Ramsdell, Nobel Laureate, in Physiology or Medicine, gives his lecture "Translating Basic Science to Therapeutic Opportunities: the Treg Example" in Aula Medica in Stockholm, Sweden, 7 December 2025.Photo: Henrik Montgomery / TT / Code 10060

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Russian translator promotes Sino-Russian cultural exchanges

STORY: Russian translator promotes Sino-Russian cultural exchanges SHOOTING TIME: May 16, 2024 DATELINE: May 18, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:27 LOCATION: HUNCHUN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Hunchun 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SVETLANA KAPITSYNA, Russian translator 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): SVETLANA KAPITSYNA, Russian translator STORYLINE: 62-year-old Svetlana Kapitsyna is a Russian translator who has lived in China for almost 12 years. As an experienced "China hand," she has worked to promote Sino-Russian cultural exchanges through translating and teaching. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SVETLANA KAPITSYNA, Russian translator "I first came to China in the spring of 1989, exactly 35 years ago. My first impression was that this was a beautiful city. At that time, we were just starting our translation work. We had a number of major companies that specialized in projects related to Sino-Russian trade. I also have worked as a teacher, teaching Russian students Chinese and Chinese students English. I have now

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Translator earphones in shape of Japanese popular snack

Translator earphones in shape of Japanese popular snack

A woman holds a wireless translator earphone (L) shaped to look like the popular Japanese chocolate snack "Kinoko no Yama" produced by Meiji Holdings Co. next to the real snack (R) on March 25, 2024, in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo. The earphones are capable of translating 74 languages and will hit the shelves later in the week at the price of 29,800 yen ($190).

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Translator earphones in shape of Japanese popular snack

Translator earphones in shape of Japanese popular snack

Photo taken on March 25, 2024, in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, shows wireless translator earphones in the shape of popular Japanese chocolate snack "Kinoko no Yama" and their cases, designed to look like the snack's packaging, produced by Meiji Holdings Co. The earphones are capable of translating 74 languages and will hit the shelves later in the week at the price of 29,800 yen ($190).

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-CHINA SPEECH VALLEY-ENTERPRISES (CN)

(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-CHINA SPEECH VALLEY-ENTERPRISES (CN)

(240124) -- HEFEI, Jan. 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member demonstrates the intelligent translating system at the iFLYTEK Co. Ltd. in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 19, 2024. China Speech Valley, located in the western suburbs of Hefei City, east China's Anhui Province, is China's first national-level industry base focusing on voice and AI. Founded in 2013, this base is now home to over 2,200 enterprises. iFLYTEK Co., Ltd. is the first enterprise settled in China Speech Valley. As a leading enterprise in China's intelligent voice industry, it has driven more and more relevant upstream and downstream enterprises to take root in Hefei. For years, from the initial voice synthesis and recognition to voice interaction, cognitive intelligence, and now the AI-powered large language model, iFLYTEK has continued to make breakthroughs in source technology innovation. Today, China Speech Valley, with iFLYTEK as its core, is actively embracing the new era of artificial general intelligence, in an effor

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African countries urged to build resilient health systems

STORY: African countries urged to build resilient health systems SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 30, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: Lusaka CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the conference 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MUTALE NALUMANGO, Zambian Vice President 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SYLVIA MASEBO, Zambian Health Minister 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JEAN KASEYA, the Director-General of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) STORYLINE: The 2023 Conference on Public Health in Africa concluded on Thursday in Lusaka with a call for African countries to establish resilient health systems. The conference discussions should spark renewed energy and commitment to constructing healthier and more robust health systems, said Zambian Vice President Mutale Nalumango while addressing the challenges in the health sector. Encouraging participants to leverage the knowledge gained and foster connections, Nalumango stressed the importance of translating discussed issues into actiona

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Madrid's Prado Museum receives Webby Awards for its TikTok account

STORY: Madrid's Prado Museum receives Webby Awards for its TikTok account DATELINE: April 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:43 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Prado Museum and its TikTok account 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): BERNARDO PAJARES, Head of social media at the Prado Museum 3. various of Prado Museum and its TikTok account STORYLINE: The TikTok account of the Prado Museum in Madrid was awarded the Webby Awards earlier this week by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences as the best networking project worldwide in the category of "Art and Culture." After the boom of TikTok during the pandemic, the Prado Museum opened its account on the video-sharing platform and now it has over 480,000 followers on TikTok, in which over 60 percent are young people under 35 years old. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): BERNARDO PAJARES, Head of social media at the Prado Museum "The work consists of translating all the knowledge that is here of the history of art from many years of research and showing t

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U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-CHARCOAL ART WORK-EXHIBITION

U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-CHARCOAL ART WORK-EXHIBITION

(230420) -- WASHINGTON, April 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 20, 2023 shows details of a charcoal art work at the exhibition "Drawings: Engines of State" by Robert Longo at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the United States. The drawings are based on photographs and video images that the artist combines or alters, translating them with painstaking detail into charcoal. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

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U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-CHARCOAL ART WORK-EXHIBITION

U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-CHARCOAL ART WORK-EXHIBITION

(230420) -- WASHINGTON, April 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 20, 2023 shows a charcoal art work at the exhibition "Drawings: Engines of State" by Robert Longo at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the United States. The drawings are based on photographs and video images that the artist combines or alters, translating them with painstaking detail into charcoal. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

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U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-CHARCOAL ART WORK-EXHIBITION

U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-CHARCOAL ART WORK-EXHIBITION

(230420) -- WASHINGTON, April 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 20, 2023 shows charcoal art works at the exhibition "Drawings: Engines of State" by Robert Longo at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the United States. The drawings are based on photographs and video images that the artist combines or alters, translating them with painstaking detail into charcoal. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

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U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-CHARCOAL ART WORK-EXHIBITION

U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-CHARCOAL ART WORK-EXHIBITION

(230420) -- WASHINGTON, April 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 20, 2023 shows details of a charcoal art work at the exhibition "Drawings: Engines of State" by Robert Longo at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the United States. The drawings are based on photographs and video images that the artist combines or alters, translating them with painstaking detail into charcoal. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

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U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-CHARCOAL ART WORK-EXHIBITION

U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-CHARCOAL ART WORK-EXHIBITION

(230420) -- WASHINGTON, April 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 20, 2023 shows a charcoal art work at the exhibition "Drawings: Engines of State" by Robert Longo at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the United States. The drawings are based on photographs and video images that the artist combines or alters, translating them with painstaking detail into charcoal. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

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U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-CHARCOAL ART WORK-EXHIBITION

U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-CHARCOAL ART WORK-EXHIBITION

(230420) -- WASHINGTON, April 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 20, 2023 shows charcoal art works at the exhibition "Drawings: Engines of State" by Robert Longo at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the United States. The drawings are based on photographs and video images that the artist combines or alters, translating them with painstaking detail into charcoal. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

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Leading translators launch award through crowdfunding

Leading translators launch award through crowdfunding

TOKYO, Japan - Ken Nishizaki, known in Japan for translating famous foreign works such as those of A. E. Coppard, shows on a smartphone screen the website for the "Best Translation Award" established by several leading translators in Japan with money raised from crowdfunding during an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2014. In the foreground are copies of translated literature that has influenced Nishizaki.

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Professor awarded for translating Hobbes' philosophy

Professor awarded for translating Hobbes' philosophy

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 17, 2013, shows Hiroyuki Ito, a professor emeritus at Fukushima University who won the 2013 Papyrus academic award for translating a series of major books by the 17th-century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes into one Japanese book.

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Interpreter of Apollo 11 moon landing Nishiyama dies at 95

Interpreter of Apollo 11 moon landing Nishiyama dies at 95

TOKYO, Japan - Simultaneous interpreter Sen Nishiyama (in file photo taken in May 1984), known for translating the communications of the Apollo 11 spaceship when it landed on the moon in 1969, died of old age at his home in Tokyo on July 2, the Japanese Centre of International P.E.N. said on July 12.. He was 95. Born in the United States, Nishiyama obtained Japanese citizenship after graduating from the University of Utah. He served as an adviser at the General Headquarters of the Allied forces and the U.S. Embassy after World War II.

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(3)Hasuikes, Chimuras start working at local gov'ts

(3)Hasuikes, Chimuras start working at local gov'ts

OBAMA, Japan - Fukie Chimura (R) listens to a briefing on her job assignment from a Fukui Prefectural government official on April 1. She will assist in the issuance of passports for travelers and translating public relations materials into Korean. (Pool photo)

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Blind, deaf academic to teach at Univ. of Tokyo

Blind, deaf academic to teach at Univ. of Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Satoshi Fukushima (L), 38, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 19 with his wife Sawami who is translating reporters' questions for him using finger reading. Fukushima, assistant professor of education at Kanazawa University in Ishikawa Prefecture, will become the first blind and deaf person to teach at the University of Tokyo, considered Japan's most prestigious university. He will take up a new post at the university's Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology.

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Ex-Japanese diplomat receives Sheikh Zayed book award

Ex-Japanese diplomat receives Sheikh Zayed book award

Haruo Hanawa, an 83-year-old former Japanese diplomat who received the prestigious Sheikh Zayed book award, poses in June 2015. He has been credited with translating into Japanese works of the Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz. The annual award recognizes significant cultural achievements relating to Arabic culture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese-Brazilian woman eager to help Japan volleyball team at Rio

Japanese-Brazilian woman eager to help Japan volleyball team at Rio

Photo taken Jan. 6, 2016 shows Megumi Kamizono (C), a Brazilian-Japanese woman serving as an interpreter for a men's volleyball team owned by Panasonic Corp., translating instructions by a Brazilian coach (2nd from L) during a practice in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Interpreter of Apollo 11 moon landing Nishiyama dies at 95

Interpreter of Apollo 11 moon landing Nishiyama dies at 95

TOKYO, Japan - Simultaneous interpreter Sen Nishiyama (in file photo taken in May 1984), known for translating the communications of the Apollo 11 spaceship when it landed on the moon in 1969, died of old age at his home in Tokyo on July 2, the Japanese Centre of International P.E.N. said on July 12.. He was 95. Born in the United States, Nishiyama obtained Japanese citizenship after graduating from the University of Utah. He served as an adviser at the General Headquarters of the Allied forces and the U.S. Embassy after World War II. (Kyodo)

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Leading translators launch award through crowdfunding

Leading translators launch award through crowdfunding

TOKYO, Japan - Ken Nishizaki, known in Japan for translating famous foreign works such as those of A. E. Coppard, shows on a smartphone screen the website for the "Best Translation Award" established by several leading translators in Japan with money raised from crowdfunding during an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2014. In the foreground are copies of translated literature that has influenced Nishizaki. (Kyodo)

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Panasonic to launch megaphone automatic translation service in Dec.

Panasonic to launch megaphone automatic translation service in Dec.

A man holds a megaphone capable of automatically translating Japanese into English, Chinese and Korean, in Osaka on Nov. 17, 2016. Japan's Panasonic Corp. will start offering the megaphone in December in its latest bid to help companies cope with an increase in foreign visitors to Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(3)Hasuikes, Chimuras start working at local gov'ts

(3)Hasuikes, Chimuras start working at local gov'ts

OBAMA, Japan - Fukie Chimura (R) listens to a briefing on her job assignment from a Fukui Prefectural government official on April 1. She will assist in the issuance of passports for travelers and translating public relations materials into Korean. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Blind, deaf academic to teach at Univ. of Tokyo

Blind, deaf academic to teach at Univ. of Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Satoshi Fukushima (L), 38, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 19 with his wife Sawami who is translating reporters' questions for him using finger reading. Fukushima, assistant professor of education at Kanazawa University in Ishikawa Prefecture, will become the first blind and deaf person to teach at the University of Tokyo, considered Japan's most prestigious university. He will take up a new post at the university's Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology.

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