no, it'll never be flawless

it might become very good, but it'll never get everything right.
Google translate makes shedloads of mistakes and spoken language is a lot more difficult to translate correctly, and that's without factoring in dialects and colloquialisms.
it'll be decades before a really accurate speech translator appears

Posted By: Worzel Scrimmage on May 24th 2019 at 20:24:33

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Just read Google are trialling an ai service called Translatotron. (NCFC) - Men without hats, May 24, 19:04:26
- I do and no. (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, May 25, 09:16:29
- Wouldn't need too many words to translate me (NCFC) - LittleMouseWithClogs, May 24, 21:02:47
- I think I've found the output of a prototype actually (NCFC) - Old Man, May 24, 20:29:41
  - That is brillers. (n/m) (NCFC) - Men without hats, May 24, 21:04:03
    - Number 11 is exactly right (n/m) (NCFC) - watfordcanary, May 24, 21:52:23
- It's a fascinating concept (NCFC) - Old Man, May 24, 20:09:30
- 80% useful. 20% recipe for disaster (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, May 24, 19:19:30
  - I would be a bit concerned about how accurate the translation was (NCFC) - Men without hats, May 24, 19:43:37
    - In time it will be near flawless (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, May 24, 19:54:10
      - no, it'll never be flawless (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 24, 20:24:33
        
        I did say "near" :) (NCFC) - CWC, May 24, 21:28:07
        
        you could be right, but that's what they were saying about translation software years ago (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 24, 21:33:06
        
        Oh I hear you (NCFC) - CWC, May 24, 21:44:54
        
        that's also true, we're on the cusp of a new industrial revolution (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 24, 21:50:57
        
        Yup (NCFC) - CWC, May 24, 21:59:33
        
        yes, I think so too. Surely engineering in particular will be an AI field (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 24, 22:05:22
        
        As you say dialects - Geordie to Fen Gibbon! (NCFC) - Men without hats, May 24, 20:59:25
      - Probably will. I'm just 'old school' in that I try to do maths in my head (NCFC) - Men without hats, May 24, 20:14:06
- Oh ma vache mon ami! Quand arrive le babelfish? (n/m) (NCFC) - Worthing Yellow, May 24, 19:10:53
  - Nope, no idea. (n/m) (NCFC) - Men without hats, May 24, 21:04:33

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