Nowadays it is possible to use computers and mobile phones for automatic language translation, and there is no need for human translators and interpreters. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?
At present time , no
one
can deny the value and presence of new tech
advances in our daily lives . New computer appliances and cell phone apps in just one
click can translate texts or voices from one
tongue into another, helping us access new and foreign knowledge, and
for that reason, some people consider linguists and polyglots unnecessary . Correct word choice
apply
Nevertheless
, I personally disagree with this
statement, as people who work doing translation still have a place in society
Firstly
, language
interpreters are extremely necessary in face-to-faceface
interactions where each party does not know the other’s mother tongue. Correct your spelling
face-to-face
Native speaking
interpreters not only make a textual translation of some phrases , but they Add a hyphen
Native-speaking
additionally
add the other 80% of information that non verbal
communication carries . Body Correct your spelling
nonverbal
language
is key in our interaction and a human polyglot can decode it better than one
tech
expert. For instance
, a British study in 2010 showed that almost 50 % of the people who read a transcript made by a tech
translator misunderstood the key points in one
live lecture in comparison with the group that was face to face
in the same lecture.
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face-to-face
Secondly
, humans have other communication skills that new tech
appliances lack, such
as adaptability to different situations, learning
and decoding specific or local Correct word choice
and learning
language
. A lingo could change in a specific field or location and even youngsters are always coining new words that are extremely challenging to learn if you do not keep up with them. Fix the agreement mistake
languages
For example
, In medical congresses, there are always human translation aids who are experts in the field and know the specific medical language
, and, due to
that, could do a better job than only a tech
gadget
To summarize, even though laptop or mobile translating devices have facilitated our understanding of foreign language
information, human interpreters are still essential in a variety of situations due to
their flexibility and their capacity to read body language
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