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Re:Show HN: I modeled the Voynich Manuscript with SBERT to t... by munchler on Sunday May 18, 2025 @05:57PM (#44024589)
This seems to assume that a 1:1 mapping between words exists, but I don't think that's true for languages in general. Compound words, for example, won't map cleanly that way. Not to mention deeper semantic differences between languages due to differences in culture.
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Re:Show HN: I modeled the Voynich Manuscript with SBERT to t... by raverbashing on Monday May 19, 2025 @03:52AM (#44027438)
Correct

Mapping words 1:1 is not going to lead you anywhere (especially for a text that has stood undecoded for so long time)

It kiiiinda works for very close languages (think Dutch<>German or French<>Spanish) and even then.

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