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[Hoppkins_Wytchfinder]

Also some people like the fact they can talk about people without others understanding.

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by Hoppkins_Wytchfinder [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Also some people like the fact they can talk about people without others understanding.

My wife does this. I tell her it’s rude, like whispering. She says she just doesn’t want anyone else to know what she is saying /facepalm.

The Lingua Franca will always be the language of business.

[Thrombosis]

Originally Posted by Hoppkins_Wytchfinder [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Also some people like the fact they can talk about people without others understanding.

Are you Welsh? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[indiscriminate_hater]

Translator tech is getting so good that language barriers will be minimal

[magnetaress]

Originally Posted by indiscriminate_hater [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Translator tech is getting so good that language barriers will be minimal

[Tethler]

Originally Posted by indiscriminate_hater [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Translator tech is getting so good that language barriers will be minimal

It's slowly improving, but it's not there yet. I can always spot when my students are using translation software.

[fastboy21]

Originally Posted by indiscriminate_hater [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Translator tech is getting so good that language barriers will be minimal

It is and will get much better...but it isn't there yet. The last hurdles to overcome for true translation software are not problems of computational power; they are linguistic issues that people haven't worked out how to deal with yet, and probably won't work out a model that could be confused as perfect for some time.

The problems of wrestling with discourse representation theory, for example, aren't going anywhere. Formal pragmatics isn't going anywhere.

Of course, if you mean "break the language barrier" to mean something as meaningless in the big picture of linguistics as carrying a device that can translate "where is the bathroom?" into a hundred languages, then yes...we're there.

[magnetaress]

Originally Posted by fastboy21 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It is and will get much better...but it isn't there yet. The last hurdles to overcome for true translation software are not problems of computational power; they are linguistic issues that people haven't worked out how to deal with yet, and probably won't work out a model that could be confused as perfect for some time.

The problems of wrestling with discourse representation theory, for example, aren't going anywhere. Formal pragmatics isn't going anywhere.

Of course, if you mean "break the language barrier" to mean something as meaningless in the big picture of linguistics as carrying a device that can translate "where is the bathroom?" into a hundred languages, then yes...we're there.

If you can't describe mathematical physics in terms of bathrooms you're obviously not there yet.

[Hoppkins_Wytchfinder]

Originally Posted by Thrombosis [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Are you Welsh? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

No but i always get a chuckle out of putting the welsh channel on telly and watching my kids sit and look....and look...and say "WHAT ARE THEY SAYING????" [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]