Computers today can quickly and accurately translate languages, therefore, it is a waste of time to learn a foreign language.To what extent do you agree or disagree?

 Computers today can quickly and accurately translate languages, therefore, it is a waste of time to learn a foreign language.To what extent do you agree or disagree?

The great public discourse of contemporary times is aligned with the issue of whether acquiring alien linguistic skills is a squandering of precious time, or not, when software-driven translation facilities are available. I shall profoundly analyze this matter and elucidate my inclination.

An army of people vehemently lobbies behind the idea that now undertaking a language course is wasteful. As per them, this is a time consuming process since it usually takes humongous time to get a good command over a language, whereas using automated tools to transfer the text from one to the other tongue can allow one to complete the task in a few seconds.   

Besides this, this innovation affords the convenience of converting the content into multiple languages effortlessly, there is little rationale left in spending money on language courses as a feat of mastering multiple dialects is beyond imagination for humans. To corroborate the outcomes of a survey carried-out by Delhi University revealed that only a few Individuals were inclined to  learn an alien language, owing to a plethora of softwares available in the smartphones to convert audios and texts into multiple tongues. .

Nevertheless, undeniably, knowledge of foreign languages is pivotal to clear communication between cultures. Humans rely mostly on in person interaction and use of technology is bound to create a gap, due to faulty interpretations by machines: these can extend their services to the phrases and lexical resources present in their database. Thus, automated facilities can only help in casual communications and not important ones.      

In hindsight,even though by virtue of the advent of computers, for many commentators learning other languages may not be worthwhile,  it is hard to overlook that language is a human forte, and  thus can only be operated effectively by humans.  

Computers today can quickly and accurately translate languages, therefore, it is a waste of time to learn a foreign language. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

 

Computers today can quickly and accurately translate languages, therefore, it is a waste of time to learn a foreign language.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?   

The advent of computer based translators has inspired many to suggest that the days of languages are numbered, having said that, many out rightly dismiss this opinion, and suggest that machines can never supersede humans in this area.  Thus, language courses shall never cease to exist.  

Many, especially the technofiles, are quite upbeat about the possibilities brought forth by software driven language interpreters: these applications render speed to the language conversion process and can convert any amount of text, even huge volumes of books into any desired language in a matter of a few minutes. In contrast, one has to first study alien tongues and then translate, it will take them at least a few months, if not years to gain, adroitness to perform such tasks. 

Moreover, this lobby also cites big money savings one is able to make when they use a computer based translator application instead of joining a foreign language course. The intelligent interpreter facilities offered by softwares are quite inexpensive and cost barely anything, except nominal subscriptions, when compared to  exorbitant fees and the study material required to undertake and support a foreign language study.

However, others ridicule the former opinion by suggesting that language is the human forte and can never be replaced by the technology. Every tongue and dialect used by humans is driven and influenced by emotions which results in a great variation in the meanings of the same word, phrase and expression: since machines cannot comprehend the same, humans have to rely on their own propensity.

Overall, despite optimism about translation applications, the idea fails to comfort me that humans can forgo alien language studies, machines can sparingly achieve that perfection. Hence, there is hardly anything to agree with in this statement.

 

Computers today can quickly and accurately translate languages, therefore, it is a waste of time to learn a foreign language. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

 

Computers today can quickly and accurately translate languages, therefore, it is a waste of time to learn a foreign language.

To what extent do you agree or disagree?

The advent of computer based translators has inspired many to suggest that the days of languages are numbered, having said that, many out rightly dismiss this opinion, and suggest that machines can never supersede humans in this area.  Thus, language courses shall never cease to exist.  

Many, especially the tech savvy  are quite upbeat about the possibilities brought forth by software-driven interpreters: these applications render speed to the language conversion process and can convert any amount of text, even huge volumes of books into any desired language, in a matter of a few minutes. In contrast, one must first study, gain and then translate, it will take them at least a few months if not years to gain sufficient capabilities to perform such tasks. 

Moreover, this lobby also cites big money savings one is able to make when they use virtual translators instead of joining a course to gain lingusitic compatibilty. The intelligent interpreter facilities offered by software are quite inexpensive and cost barely anything, except nominal subscriptions, when compared to  exorbitant fees and the study material required to undertake and support a foreign language study.

However, others ridicule the former opinion by suggesting that language is the human forte and can never be replaced by the technology. Every tongue, and dialect, used are driven and influenced by emotions, engendering a great variation in the meanings of the same word, phrase and expression: since machines cannot comprehend the same, humans have to rely on their own dexterity.

Overall, despite optimism about translation applications, the idea fails to comfort me that one can forgo fostering dexterity in alien venaculars, machines can sparingly achieve that perfection. Hence, there is hardly anything to agree with in this statement.