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K’iche’ and Ta Yol Mam (Guatemala and Mexico); Nahuatl or Nahua, Maya, and Zapotec (Mexico); Q’eqchi (Mexico and Belize); and Hunsrik (Brazil), are some of the 110 languages that were added to the new tools of the Google translatorthanks to the Mexican drive Gabriela Salas Cabrera.
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This is now possible thanks to Gabriela SalasHorse Jump, municipality of Chapulhuacan in the state of Hidalgo and programmer, data scientist and master in Information and communication technologieswho was also the only woman among linguists, anthropologists and programmers, to promote this project.
Such as: writing scientific articles, dissemination measures, parameters for the selection of journals, where to publish?, in the voice of Dr. José Roberto González Reyes, doctors Gabriela Salas Cabrera and María de la Luz Hernández Flores and Mtro. Héctor Osorio Romero. pic.twitter.com/gey7j1XiXt
— CITNOVA (@CITNOVA) May 17, 2024
Gabriela He stressed that the purpose of his work in Google is “safeguarding the indigenous languages of Mexico using artificial intelligence” apart from working on other technologies that help preserve the 248 indigenous languages, of which only 78 survive. Since she is a proudly indigenous woman, although she speaks Spanish, her native language is Nahuatl.
She is a mentor and disseminator in information technologies, she carries out projects for the common good in the area of artificial intelligenceas well as motivates and shares knowledge to indigenous girls.
I was lucky enough to meet Gabriela Salas Cabrera @Gabby_SalasC, from the municipality of Chapulhuacan, a former fellow of the CITNOVA program for indigenous women. She is a great friend of LINX, and enthusiastic about science and space. The kind of young people who will build a better Mexico! pic.twitter.com/HQvg9dsKfp
— Gustavo Medina Tanco (@gmtanco) May 27, 2022
In his career, it is worth mentioning that Gabriela Salas She was the first indigenous woman in technology areas in the organization for women in science for the developing world. UNESCO.
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