LINGUIST List 22.4172 Mon Oct 24 2011 Media: 18th-century Copiale Cipher solved by statistical algorithm Editor for this issue: Brent Woo <bwoolinguistlist.org> To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Brent Woo , 18th-century Copiale Cipher solved by statistical algorithm Message 1: 18th-century Copiale Cipher solved by statistical algorithm Date: 24-Oct-2011 From: Brent Woo <bwoolinguistlist.org> Subject: 18th-century Copiale Cipher solved by statistical algorithm E-mail this message to a friend A team of Swedish and American linguists use translation techniques similar to the statistical algorithm used in Google Translate to crack the heretofore undeciphered 18th-century Copiale Cipher. The Voynich Manuscript remains impregnable. Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/25/science/25code.html Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics                             Translation                             Writing Systems Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 24-Oct-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.