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Re:How the Internet is Killing the World's Languages by salient on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @01:36PM (#6849018)
It's a good thing Google managed to scan all of the world's old books then, and also that they are working on perfecting translation between dozens of these languages. I doubt much will be lost. Plus, we can see it as a new beginning from now on, when everything will be in English, and all new science would be used by all.
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Re:How the Internet is Killing the World's Languages by DanielStraight on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @01:39PM (#6849052)
The kind of languages we are talking about aren't recorded in books, many don't even have a written form. People have to go into the field and listen and record and write up grammars and such from scratch.
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Re:How the Internet is Killing the World's Languages by sneak on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @01:55PM (#6849189)
Just because Google has the data doesn't mean all humans do.
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