Monday, 15 January 2018

Google Translate for News Part 3 (concluded)

  • Now I had Chrome installed both in PC and Android Phone.
  • My phone had Samsung browser and so I replaced it with Chrome.
  • Then I could access the Google News China version, Bangla version, Brasil version, Arabic version, Russian version, etc.
  • But what I saw that the translation was not upto the mark.
  • I mean Chrome did a job but there was no parallel in Firefox where there was no add on for the same. 
  • It was like stepping into the future.
  • It was like a peek into the future.
  • By translating a page we could get a view from the other side.
  • Language is the key to open many doors.
  • And we could get a view of the perspective from the other side.
  • Let us face it with English there is little space to maneuver.
  • I mean we see the news channels on TV there is not much difference unless it goes from business channel to politics channel.
  • But Google translate had its drawbacks.
  • You could get the gist of what the news was but when you read it properly you find that the grammar has gone for a toss.
  • If you keep reading such kind of bad English the way the Google translate does the job you may lose whatever you have learnt from childhood.
  • Your entire schooling, college and material read over the years you will forget.
  • You will know an English which is horrible and "out of this world".
  • In the end you may have to get admitted to a mental institution or mad hospital.
  • you don't want that do you.
  • It is like the TLC song, "Don't go chasing waterfalls listen to the rivers and lakes we're used to"
  • Or the Embrace song "Come back to what you know"
  • There are so many differences in the world and we need to acknowledge the differences.
  • Our knowledge limited through the medium of English.
  • Without English language we are nothing.
  • Sorry Google translate, due to the job you did I took a peek to the future and then came back to the present.
  • It is like "Back to the Present" and not "Back to the Future".
  • We need to celebrate what we have and know and that is through the medium of English and not try to venture into other languages using Google Translate where the English Grammar goes for a toss.

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