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Some people say that soon we will never again have to learn a foreign language because computers will be able to translate all languages into English. What are the advantages and disadvantages of computers being able to do this? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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It is a common belief that some
people
 reckon that
people
 do not need to learn a second
language
 since they can
use
 computers which will be able to translate all
languages
 into
English
.
However
, there is a more persuasive argument that using a
computer
 translator is inconvenient for
the
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people
 because sometimes, a
computer
 does not work. On the one hand, some
people
 think that
people
 can
use
 a
computer
 when they need to translate foreign
languages
 into
English
. So, they do not have to study a second
language
. It takes
significantly
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 long time for
people
 to learn new
languages
.
However
, if
people
use
 the
computer
, they can save
their
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precious time.
A
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In a
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 survey conducted by Seoul National University, 70% of the
people
 who
use
 a
computer
 translator responded that they do not need to learn a foreign
language
 and they will not study a new
language
 in the future.
This
 means that
people
 will never have to study a second
language
 soon as they will be able to
use
 their
computer
 every single day.
Nevertheless
, there is a more important opinion. Some
people
 believe that it is inconvenient for
people
use
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 a
computer
 when they need to translate a foreign
language
 into
English
.
This
 is because sometimes, a
computer
 does not work since it is just one of the devices.
From my
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 experience, when I
traveled
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Thailand
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to Thailand
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, I used to
use
 a
computer
 to translate Thai
to
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into
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English
 or Korean.
However
, unfortunately, my
computer
 does not work suddenly at the Hotel where I stayed for a
while
. So, I was very embarrassed and could not express my situation to the Hotel managers. If I learned Thai, I could tell them my opinion quickly and easily.
This
 indicates that using a
computer
 translator is not useful all the time and learning new
languages
 still plays a pivotal role.
To sum up
,
while
 there are some advantages to using a
computer
 to translate
languages
, it is evident that
disadvantages
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 of that outweigh
benefits
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the benefits
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.
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