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Wearable Translators: Making Life Easier With the Press of a Button
Language barriers while traveling the world may become a problem of the past with the advent of new technology. The latest craze in the tech world was recently unveiled at the 2016 Electronics Show: a wearable translator. The Japanese startup Logbar plans on releasing the portable translator called the “ili” this summer. The actual device looks like an Apple TV controller and is hung around your neck. With the press of a button, the device is allegedly capable of simultaneous translation.
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Similar to this article. I'm still not convinced at all. We've made progress, but nothing beats the interpretation of a human. There are too many things taken from context that can't be considered by an algorithm. Have you noticed how hard it is just to convey the proper tone through writing? Why we need to rely on emoji and "/s" tags? And that's communicating in the same language and culture! Now multiply these potential misunderstandings by language, syntax, culture, and you'll see what I mean.
Anyone who speaks more than one language properly will have strong doubts about supposedly miraculous translation machines/algorithms.
Yeah, I don't think so. English is a terrible language to translate because it relies so much on idioms, most of which don't actually make sense. The government of Canada is experimenting with translation software for translating French / English and the result so far is gibberish (slated to go live this April...). And those aren't even as different as English and Japanese.