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Old 06-01-2011, 09:36 PM   #27
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Originally Posted by OtterBooks View Post
due to the complexity of idiom, colloquialisms, and other such things, decent translation will require near-sentient AI educated in the culture and language of the respective material. At that point we won't be far off from hiding out in underground bunkers as killer robots roam the earth, anyway.
+1 on that

machine translation still chokes on simple things like is key meant as in the lock opener or the button to press?
now go on and think about more subtle differences between languages.
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