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title: Why Computers Suck At Translation — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/why-computers-suck-at-translation/
date: 2015-05-22
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# Why Computers Suck At Translation

Machine translation’s a useful tool, don’t get me wrong. But if you actually try to use it for regular conversation, it’ll fall down really quickly. Why? What makes it so difficult?