<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 May 2013 18:52, Anders Sandberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anders@aleph.se" target="_blank">anders@aleph.se</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Absolutely. <br><br>
And getting back on-topic, what about technology?<br><br></div><div>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?<br>
<br></div><div>--<br></div><div>Stefano Vaj<br></div></div></div></div>