The preliminary result of the Macao Science and Technology Awards was announced in the 22nd of June, 2012. The University of Macau (UM) was recommended for several awards in the Natural Science Award Category, Technological Invention Award Category, and Technology Progress Award Category.

In the meanwhile, the project titled "Technologies and Applications of Portuguese-Chinese Machine Translation System" won a second prize in the Technology Progress Award Category.

*More information can be obtained at: 
  https://www.um.edu.mo/news-centre/news-and-events/news-and-press-releases/detail/21060/