[ExI] chinese synthesis

[Stefano Vaj]

On 25 May 2013 18:52, Anders Sandberg <anders at aleph.se> wrote:

> Still, learning languages can be so fun. You learn much more than just
> words: they do embody cultures and ways of thinking, and they are beautiful
> stylistic instruments.


Absolutely.

And getting back on-topic, what about technology?

Technology has been a powerfuk driver towards monoglottism in innumerable
fashions, but once real-time human-level translation becomes ubiquitous,
what is really the point of drafting a paper in English rather than in
Milanese dialect once Mongolian readers can appreciate it in their native
language anyway?

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Stefano Vaj
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