Silicon Valley AI Keen to Solve US-Ukraine Translator Shortages

Training manuals and tutorials for the weapons heading from the US to Ukraine are piling up, with few Americans able to translate them into either Ukrainian or Russian.

There is a limited pool of American citizens who speak Ukrainian and who can get a top-secret clearance to process national security-related documents. US trainers have acknowledged some of the challenges in teaching Ukrainian troops to use the millions of dollars of equipment provided by the US and other allies.

“There are the natural challenges associated with training in a second language, everything from overcoming a language barrier to some of the ...