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Machine translation (MT) is slower and less accurate than human translation and there is no immediate or predictable likelihood of machines taking over this role from humans. Do you agree or disagree?

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It is true that there have been great advances in technology over the
last
 forty years.
For example
 /
For instance
 the use of mobile phones and e-mail communication are common these days.
However
, machines that translate from one
language
 to another are still in their early stages. It seems to me that a
machine
 could never do as good a job as a human, especially when it comes to interpreting what people are saying. Of course, machines can translate statements
such
 as “Where is the bank?”
but
Suggestion
But
 even simple statements are not always straightforward because the meaning depends on more than just words.
For instance
 /
For example
 the word “bank” has a number of different meanings in English. How does a translating
machine
 know which meaning to take? In order to understand what people are saying, you need to take into account the relationship between the speakers and their situation. A
machine
 cannot tell the difference between the English expression “Look out!”
meaning
Suggestion
Meaning
 “Be careful!”
and
Suggestion
And
 “Look out!”
meaning
Suggestion
Meaning
 “Put your head out of the window”. You need a human being to interpret the situation.
Similarly
 with written
language
, it is difficult for a
machine
 to know how to translate accurately because we rarely translate every word.
On the contrary
, we try to take into consideration how the idea would be expressed in the other
language
.
This
 is hard to do because every
language
 has its own way of doing and saying things. For these reasons I feel that it is most unlikely that machines will take the place of humans in the field of translating and interpreting. If machines ever learn to think, perhaps
then
 they will be in a position to take on
this
 role.

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