Human translation is a better investment than machine translation

Human translation is a better investment than machine translation. Here are three reasons.

First,

Humans make errors and mistakes in speaking and writing. We predict and understand the proper meaning from the context. To get satisfactory results from computer translation, we need to put all the possible variables into the computer memory. I don’t think that’s possible because even humans cannot predict all the errors and mistakes. Even humans put a lot of memories into a translation program, it is hard for the program to deliver perfect meanings into different language. Human need to do final review and modification of the results from the program.

Second,

Some words have multiple meanings. We recognize them from the context but sometimes computer suggests improper results. For an experiment, I put a sentence ‘He caught a fish at the bank’ into the Google Translator and converted it into Korean. As you may know, the bank in this sentence means a ‘dike’ not a financial institution, and the program failed to deliver the right meaning even though it already has information on every single word in this sentence.

Third,

Speaking and writing can be said as creative processes. To select right words for translation, the one translating source texts should understand human emotions and sometimes knowledge of human history or cultural understanding is required. Let’s say we translate a sentence delivering typical and cultural mood into the other language of which cultural background is totally different. We can make footnotes or express it in different way agreeable to the culture of the target language while a computer is doing word-for-word translation.

Therefore, spending money on human translators is a better investment than computer translators.

Gender questions and my opinions

Q1. Which do you prefer to have as bosses or coworkers - men or women? Why?

It depends on personnel, not about the gender problem.

I have male and female bosses and coworkers. One of male boss is so sensitive that only a few close people can talk to him and see him smile. The other boss -people in the class already know him from my video- and I like friend to each other. He builds up relationships btw people horizontal rather than vertical. He has a lot of work experiences so gives me advices explaining the whole plan of the project, not just giving me orders.

The sensitive boss is opposite of the other boss, however, it is hard to say which characteristic is correct. Only I can tell clearly is that it is not about gender.

 

Q2. If you had the option of choosing your gender next time, shich would you choose? Why?

If I can choose my gender, I want to be a boy.

There were some moments when I was excluded from work because of my gender and my physical limitation. Females are mostly responsible for minor things in office and males decide major subject. Males do a lot of conversation at drink after work, cigaret break time, etc. and so many stories are exchanged there. Some females who didn't attent the drink miss the flow of the work that was talked and processed last night. It's not easy for females to attend every drinks and cigaret breaks. They have duties at home such as caring a baby, housework, and so on.

So, I just curious about the other gender's life. Would it be easier to survive in the modern society like I expected?