Editing Machine translation (section)

===Surveillance and military===
Following terrorist attacks in Western countries, including [[9-11]], the U.S. and its allies have been most interested in developing  [[Arabic machine translation]] programs, but also in translating [[Pashto language|Pashto]] and [[Dari (Eastern Persian)|Dari]] languages.{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} Within these languages, the focus is on key phrases and quick communication between military members and civilians through the use of mobile phone apps.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Gallafent |first=Alex |title=Machine Translation for the Military |journal=PRI's the World |date=26 Apr 2011 |access-date=17 Sep 2013 |url=http://www.theworld.org/2011/04/machine-translation-military/ |archive-date=9 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509171415/http://www.theworld.org/2011/04/machine-translation-military/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Information Processing Technology Office in [[DARPA]] hosted programs like [[DARPA TIDES program|TIDES]] and [[Babylon translator]]. US Air Force has awarded a $1 million contract to develop a language translation technology.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jackson |first=William |url=http://gcn.com/articles/2003/09/09/air-force-wants-to-build-a-universal-translator.aspx |title=GCN – Air force wants to build a universal translator |publisher=Gcn.com |date=9 September 2003 |access-date=2012-06-12 |archive-date=16 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616052943/http://gcn.com/articles/2003/09/09/air-force-wants-to-build-a-universal-translator.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>