Comments on: New tech speaks many languages at once

Spontaneous translation tech from Carnegie Mellon aims to translate speech on the fly without restrictions.
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[Methuss]

but wait...

I'd love to see how well an English-Japanese translator works. Not just for the different sentance structure, but for the fact that Japanese has so many cultural references in it's languange that don't mesh with english. For example the equivalent epithet to "screw you" in Japanese translates in English to "Go bang your head on a corner of tofu and take a nap." Now what banging your head on tofu has to do with taking a nap is beyond me, but that is the literal translation. :-)

[Methuss]

but wait...

I'd love to see how well an English-Japanese translator works. Not just for the different sentance structure, but for the fact that Japanese has so many cultural references in it's languange that don't mesh with english. For example the equivalent epithet to "screw you" in Japanese translates in English to "Go bang your head on a corner of tofu and take a nap." Now what banging your head on tofu has to do with taking a nap is beyond me, but that is the literal translation. :-)

[heystoopid]

Interesting toys

Hmm, these will make for some very interesting toys, especially for the Military Intelligence types!

[heystoopid]

Interesting toys

Hmm, these will make for some very interesting toys, especially for the Military Intelligence types!

[nrlz]

voiced and unvoiced movements

Will the Muscle Translator be able to tell the difference between voiced and unvoiced mouth movements? e.g., like the difference between a silent yawn and a voiced yawn? It would be embarrassing if something that was suppose to be silent made a noise.

[nrlz]

voiced and unvoiced movements

Will the Muscle Translator be able to tell the difference between voiced and unvoiced mouth movements? e.g., like the difference between a silent yawn and a voiced yawn? It would be embarrassing if something that was suppose to be silent made a noise.

[Roger Born]

FOR THE DEAF?

Thanks for the heads up on this new technology. I have drempt
of having something like this in a pair of glasses, but only in
English, my own language.

Many deaf people who were hearing at one time cannot wear
hearing aids to discern speech. But we can read.

It seems to be very easy to convert one of these glasses with the
captioning to simply print the English that is being spoken. No
translation necessary.

I would buy one of these immediately at any price, if it were
available. I know many deaf people would do the same.

Please let us know where and when we can buy one of these.

Regards,
Roger Born
Writer, Teacher, General Troublemaker

[Roger Born]

FOR THE DEAF?

Thanks for the heads up on this new technology. I have drempt
of having something like this in a pair of glasses, but only in
English, my own language.

Many deaf people who were hearing at one time cannot wear
hearing aids to discern speech. But we can read.

It seems to be very easy to convert one of these glasses with the
captioning to simply print the English that is being spoken. No
translation necessary.

I would buy one of these immediately at any price, if it were
available. I know many deaf people would do the same.

Please let us know where and when we can buy one of these.

Regards,
Roger Born
Writer, Teacher, General Troublemaker

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[Btls45]

Help for the hearing impaired for music etc

Could this be use to help the hearing impaired enjoy live show for music and speaker by able to read what is saying?

[Btls45]

Help for the hearing impaired for music etc

Could this be use to help the hearing impaired enjoy live show for music and speaker by able to read what is saying?