| Translation software doesn't handle the diversity | | | | Allan T. El precio es un autor creativo que trabaja |
| of language, yet. However it will, which may | | | | en M6. Red: ¿? la compañÃa |
| encourage both an expansion of English, and the | | | | acogedora web para los humanos. ¿? M6. La |
| growth of an easily-translatable 'meta-language' | | | | red trabaja duramente para ayudar a la |
| using words shared by and clearly understood by | | | | humanidad a conocer el poder y la libertad de |
| most languages. Star Trek has a wonderful device | | | | desarrollar su propia parte de Internet, compartir |
| called the universal translator. It translates spoken | | | | su información y comunicar con alguien, |
| and written alien languages into English, and would | | | | dondequiera, anytime. |
| probably translate different human languages, if | | | | Finally, that Spanish version back into English: |
| there were more than one in that specifically | | | | Allan T. The price is a creative author who works |
| created future. Though it doesn't know how to | | | | in M6. Network? The cozy web company for the |
| translate isolated foreign words like Russian or | | | | human beings? M6. The network works hardly to |
| French, it is a truly marvelous technology. Almost | | | | help the humanity to know the power and the |
| never fails. Never loses power, even when the | | | | freedom of developing its own part of Internet, |
| rest of the ship does, same as the artificial | | | | sharing his information and communicating with |
| gravity. No moving parts, in fact, no parts at all. It | | | | someone, anywhere, anytime. So, I become 'Le |
| is just 'around', always there, always doing its job | | | | prix', 'El precio' or 'The Price'. Web-hosting |
| without anyone having to think about it. A little like | | | | becomes 'cozy web', and 'anyone' becomes |
| the Internet is becoming now, just a banal fact of | | | | 'someone'. On the whole, the meaning gets a little |
| life. | | | | mangled, but still survives. |
| Sadly, it is based on the false premise that words | | | | Let's use two more famous pieces of text and |
| in other languages have a one for one relationship | | | | see how they become after computer translation. |
| with words in English. That Turkish doesn't have | | | | 'We consider these truths by itself to be |
| two words for 'know', and Russian doesn't have | | | | understood, that all men are equally created, that |
| two words for 'Blue'. It dictates that languages | | | | they were subsidized with its founder the certain |
| don't have both an inclusive and an exclusive 'we'. | | | | rights not a subject sale which are under this life, |
| (We (inclus) = 'Me, you, and maybe other people'. | | | | freedom and prosecution Gappiness. - that to |
| we (exclus) = 'Me, and other person or people | | | | guarantee these rights, the governments are |
| excluding you'.) There is a false belief that all | | | | constructed among men, its fair authorities of the |
| languages have only singular and plural constructs, | | | | consent adjusted allocating,''We of people of the |
| and not up to five categories. Some languages | | | | United States to form more perfect association, |
| have dual as well as singular and plural, and | | | | we appoint validity, we assure internal silence, we |
| different categories so 'every computer' clearly | | | | care of the general protection, we promote the |
| means either 'every computer in sight' or it | | | | general social security, and we guarantee approval |
| means 'every computer that exists, has existed, | | | | of freedom to ourselves and to our future |
| and ever will exist', but the two forms of 'every | | | | generation, you accept really and you base this |
| computer' can't be confused with each other. | | | | structure for the United States America. |
| We've started building our own 'universal | | | | 'They're kind of close, but definitely not close to |
| translators' which naturally are on the Internet. I | | | | being exactly the same. |
| can have paragraphs translated into French or | | | | Thanks to the Internet, and improving translation |
| German, or from French to German. Or, I can get | | | | programs, English speakers will soon realize the |
| whole websites in other languages translated for | | | | true diversity of other languages. It will become |
| me. I've never had a website translated, but I | | | | commonly understood that you can have an |
| sometimes get phrases translated when I want a | | | | inclusive and an exclusive 'we', or dual and |
| fictional character to say something in another | | | | universal as well as singular and plural meanings. |
| language. I sometimes, just for fun, translate | | | | We'll know that Turkish has two different words |
| something through two other languages and then | | | | for the English word 'know', seçmek - to |
| back into English to see how good online | | | | perceive or distinguish, and bilmek - to be |
| translations are getting. It is also to reassure | | | | informed of or be aware of, and no word |
| myself that computers won't completely replace | | | | covering both 'perceive' and 'be informed'. So if |
| humans in the next week or two. | | | | someone tells you in Turkish 'I know he stole it', |
| This is my standard signature block after a | | | | you always know whether or not they witnessed |
| computer has translated it into French (using | | | | the crime, or were simply told who did it. Like |
| Original English version: Allan T. Price is a creative | | | | English speakers for a millennium or more, people |
| writer working at M6. | | | | will quietly 'mug' these other languages, and |
| Net: 'The web-hosting company for humans.' | | | | 'rummage around in their pockets' adding what |
| M6.Net is working hard to help humanity | | | | they find useful to English. At the same time, |
| experience the power and freedom to develop | | | | people all around the word might 'smooth' their |
| their own part of the Internet, to share their | | | | language out to make them easier for translation |
| information and connect with anyone, anywhere, | | | | software, choosing words that can be easily and |
| anytime. | | | | clearly translated into other languages. Eventually |
| Allan T. Le prix est un auteur créateur | | | | this would create an easily shared, translated |
| travaillant sur M6. Filet: ?la compagnie accueillante | | | | meta-language for International communication, at |
| web pour les humains.? M6. Le filet travaille | | | | least when lawyers aren't involved. Plus, comedies |
| durement pour aider l'humanité à | | | | of the future can have people meet face-to-face |
| connaître le pouvoir et la liberté de | | | | for the first time and find they don't speak a |
| développer leur propre partie d'Internet, | | | | shared language. They could have the characters |
| partager leurs renseignements et communiquer | | | | standing facing each other, sending auto-translated |
| avec quelqu'un, n'importe où, anytime. | | | | text messages via their palmtops while the |
| Now I get that French version translated into | | | | audience laughs at the incredibly zany situation. |
| Spanish: | | | | |