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Re:Would learning a second language for business, now be a w... by anonmous on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @07:57AM (#13481009)
Imagine the awkwardness in picking up girls with a translation app, let alone do business. You will get better deals if you speak the language.
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Re:Would learning a second language for business, now be a w... by abc8901234 on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @08:25AM (#13481181)
^^^ This. Do you think a bunch of executives are going to be sitting around a boardroom with their iphones? Do you think a client wants to be taken out to dinner or a bar and talk the whole time through an app?

The mere existence of the idea that foreign language interaction can be completely replaced by software proves what most outside the tech sector already know: tech people live in a delusional bubble where human interaction and real society do not matter.

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