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A robot interpreter
Thread poster: Andres Pacheco
Andres Pacheco
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Aug 31, 2004

From The Economist:

The US army's robot interpreter

A high-tech weapon for the war to win Iraqi hearts and minds.

Aug 26th 2004

http://www.economist.co.uk/world/africa/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3139077
 
Jesús Marín Mateos
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Maybe Aug 31, 2004

It seems better that interpreters losing their lives.....
Good for them and they can keep our wages..
 
Brandis (X)
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I was reading a book Aug 31, 2004

Andrés Pacheco wrote:

From The Economist:

The US army's robot interpreter

A high-tech weapon for the war to win Iraqi hearts and minds.

Aug 26th 2004

http://www.economist.co.uk/world/africa/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3139077[/quote]the other day of Issac Asimov, I, Robot, did more or less same thing.
Brandis
 
Thierry Jamez
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Let's put it this way... Sep 2, 2004

Right guys!

However, I prefer coming back to the lighter side of trans/interp by giving another clue.

A few weeks ago, I read the following quote:
"English - you don't translate what the author wrote, but what he meant to say, this is why computers will never be able to translate.
Spanish - no se traduce lo que está escrito, se traduce lo que el autor quiso decir, es por esto que los ordenadores no logran traducir.
Swedish - du översätter inte vad... See more
Right guys!

However, I prefer coming back to the lighter side of trans/interp by giving another clue.

A few weeks ago, I read the following quote:
"English - you don't translate what the author wrote, but what he meant to say, this is why computers will never be able to translate.
Spanish - no se traduce lo que está escrito, se traduce lo que el autor quiso decir, es por esto que los ordenadores no logran traducir.
Swedish - du översätter inte vad författaren skrivit utan vad han menat att skriva, därför kommer datorer aldrig att kunna översätta.

We know that large organizations spend billions to find out translating machines/robots, but how far/deep can technology get ?

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