tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978895.post2754450562113904627..comments2023-04-06T17:53:44.530+02:00Comments on Only_Dead_Fish_Go_With_The_Flow: Evaporating Borders: Need of new politicsMarco Guardiglihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06980098282508369629noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978895.post-7376580042537442052010-01-23T10:26:48.869+01:002010-01-23T10:26:48.869+01:00Jamais,
I am more for a language blending. Langu...Jamais, <br /><br />I am more for a language blending. Languages appear not to be static, and they will change quicker in these times of global connectivity. <br /><br />I do not know about chinese schools, but I guess they are studying english too. They need to access western literature and documentation. Ok they will translate too, but I think that scholars and researchers must know english in order to interact with the rest of the world scientific communities. <br /><br />I worked for many years with a far-east software security platform from, which is mostly developed in China. Documentation and knowledgebase was often written in "chinglish". <br />In my work I have to deal everyday with people in middle east and in India, and they have their own version of english dialects. It takes some time to get use to their saudinglish and indinglish sounds. <br />Definitely not Oxfordish haha. <br /><br />My guess is that language will change, and a sort of blended mixture will arise. I do not think we will interact in chinese, but in chinglish. <br /><br />We will gradually forget about correct syntax (software will help) and automatic correctors/assistants will silently kick in, like is now happening more and more when we text on our cellphones or when we send emails. <br /><br />Quality of AI translations will gradually improve. In my work I am using it quite often. Ok it is not suitable for poetry, but its getting better. AI development is strongly related to language understanding. VOIP communications and VOIP stream analysis is also producing huge amount of data that are being fed to neural networks classifiers, that are learning how to extract meaning from intonation, speed, and other signals we embed in our conversation (Special emotion-sensing software is already used in callcenters to classify and route incoming calls to the most suitable operators). Translation of written sentences will benefit from this data, once the two domains will be correlated.Marco Guardiglihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980098282508369629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978895.post-36392951235315128342010-01-23T00:44:40.063+01:002010-01-23T00:44:40.063+01:00Thanks for this -- very interesting.
One thing I...Thanks for this -- very interesting. <br /><br />One thing I would push back on a bit, though is this: "Language: De facto net language is English. Period." Don't be caught too tightly by the historical moment; Mandarin Chinese is very quickly overtaking English as the primary net language, at least in terms of numbers. The question then becomes will we face: <br /><br />* A bifurcated web, where most sites are either English or Mandarin, but rarely both? <br />* A bilingual web, where most (popular/big) sites offer both English and Mandarin versions (probably through automated translation)? <br />* A rise in the use of Mandarin on the web by non-native Mandarin speakers? <br /><br />My personal guess is #1, blending into #2 if automated translation improves. The one advantage English is likely to continue to hold for awhile yet is its use by non-native speakers. It does seem to be easier to learn than Chinese dialects.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00976159633970180474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978895.post-15647688123057793452010-01-04T00:25:58.235+01:002010-01-04T00:25:58.235+01:00Nice post! I agree with most of it. However, I t...Nice post! I agree with most of it. However, I think religion has a big part to play in the future. Especially after it starts to lose it's "specific" boundaries, similar to the loss of national boundaries. People have spirit and the internet is going to help focus that. Hopefully we can keep it rational, even though extremism is all the "rage" these days, at least according to the media.<br /><br />Thanks for writing! You're words are very encouraging to a young new politico like me.Scott Lewishttp://g-a-i-a.orgnoreply@blogger.com