“Why Computers Suck At Translation”
Sep. 30th, 2015 03:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mount_oreganoToday, September 30, is International Translation Day.
In this five-minute video, Tom Scott explains what translators really do, and why machines can’t do it: “...The problem is that language relies on intent, on shared secrets, on group identity, on hidden knowledge....”
The job involves knowing much more than words.
https://youtu.be/GAgp7nXdkLU
P.S. This is also worth watching: “The Speed of Outrage: Tom Scott at Thinking Digital 2015.”
Things are going to get a lot faster soon. But will they be better? I’m worried.
https://youtu.be/jE2PP7EowdM
— Sue Burke
In this five-minute video, Tom Scott explains what translators really do, and why machines can’t do it: “...The problem is that language relies on intent, on shared secrets, on group identity, on hidden knowledge....”
The job involves knowing much more than words.
https://youtu.be/GAgp7nXdkLU
P.S. This is also worth watching: “The Speed of Outrage: Tom Scott at Thinking Digital 2015.”
Things are going to get a lot faster soon. But will they be better? I’m worried.
https://youtu.be/jE2PP7EowdM
— Sue Burke
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