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Marking the 20-year anniversary of its software Antidote, as well as 50 years of University of Montreal’s Department of Computer Science and Operations Research (DIRO), Druide informatique is announcing the creation of a one-million-dollar fund for research into deep learning-based text analysis.

The Druide Fund for research in...

At the 2016 Ordre des traducteurs, terminologues et interprètes agréés du Québec’s (OTTIAQ) conference today, Druide informatique announced that its Antidote suite now offers full integration with SDL Trados Studio. As a result, translators will be able to access Antidote’s language resources directly from their favourite editor....

Comedian Laurent Paquin was awarded the Antidote Cup for his performance in the Tournoi des générations, held this past Thursday at the TOHU. The Antidote Cup, sponsored by Druide informatique, is awarded to participants for the quality of their French in the “improvisation matches” organized by the...

The Prix Marcel-Couture is presented by La Presse in recognition of exceptional work by a Quebec editor in the publication of an original illustrated book in French. Le temps du paysage, which brings together texts and photographs by Hélène Dorion, is one of five books to make the finals....

The team at Éditions Druide warmly congratulates its colleague Normand de Bellefeuille, who has just won in the Poetry category of the 2016 [Governor General’s Literary Award](http://livresgg.ca/~/media/ggbooks/2016/lists/ggla gagnants et finalistes 2016.pdf) for Le poème est une maison de bord de mer (Éditions du Noroît).

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Éditions Druide warmly congratulates Pierre-Luc Landry, winner of the Ottawa Book Award for his novel Les corps extraterrestres. For more than 30 years, the Ottawa Book Awards/Prix du livre d’Ottawa have been honouring exceptional authors from the city, recognizing the best French and English-language books published in...

Éditions Druide warmly congratulates Gabriel Marcoux-Chabot, this year’s winner of the Prix Ringuet for his novel Tas-d’roches.

The Académie des lettres du Québec presents the Prix Ringuet each year in recognition of original and essential contributions to the Quebec cultural landscape by writers and intellectuals. Awards are given...

Éditions Druide warmly congratulates author André Jacques, this year’s winner of the Prix Saint-Pacôme for _La bataille de Pavie. _Throughout the years, the Société du roman policier de Saint-Pacôme has crowned the greatest names in the crime genre. With today’s award, André Jacques firmly takes his place among Quebec’s best...

Druide informatique announces the release of Antidote 9 v4, the third free update for the current edition of its renowned writing assistance software suite. Version 4 brings an enhanced set of dictionaries with expanded and refreshed content, including hundreds of new words in both English and French. The corrector’s accuracy...

Druide informatique is delighted to announce that an improved version of Typing Pal Online is now available. The web-based typing tutorial application is easier to access, thanks in large part to the inclusion of Google Sign-In and personalized URLs, while also providing new ways of helping students increase...