Instant Translator
Babel
Thats the word I think of, as I visualize a situation where there is a group of people from every part of the world, speaking in different languages at the same time.
The internet and other technological advances has brought us closer, but I believe that the real barrier (and the barrier all along) is still language. Culture-wise, we are all a lot closer today than we were a 1,000 years ago. The Norwegians identify with Indian culture, Indians admire Japanese culture and the Japanese ape the Americans.
But how close can two people (or groups, or countries) ever get if they speak different languages.
One innovation that I see coming down the line, to solve this problem is "Instant Translation"
Imagine a situation where you are having a telephone conversation with a person from Japan. Would it not be cool if as you spoke in English, this was instantly translated to Japanese, such that the Japanese person heard a stream of Japanese words? Seamless communication.
I can imagine how you would set your "preferred language" on your phone and incoming calls from phones with a different "preferred language" from yours would be translated automatically.
And a similar function on email as well - Where your emails would automatically be translated as they enter another person's mailbox.
That is what I would call globalization.
Thats the word I think of, as I visualize a situation where there is a group of people from every part of the world, speaking in different languages at the same time.
The internet and other technological advances has brought us closer, but I believe that the real barrier (and the barrier all along) is still language. Culture-wise, we are all a lot closer today than we were a 1,000 years ago. The Norwegians identify with Indian culture, Indians admire Japanese culture and the Japanese ape the Americans.
But how close can two people (or groups, or countries) ever get if they speak different languages.
One innovation that I see coming down the line, to solve this problem is "Instant Translation"
Imagine a situation where you are having a telephone conversation with a person from Japan. Would it not be cool if as you spoke in English, this was instantly translated to Japanese, such that the Japanese person heard a stream of Japanese words? Seamless communication.
I can imagine how you would set your "preferred language" on your phone and incoming calls from phones with a different "preferred language" from yours would be translated automatically.
And a similar function on email as well - Where your emails would automatically be translated as they enter another person's mailbox.
That is what I would call globalization.
Comments
That I guess is level one..
Imagine a world without any language... Jus thoughts.. no symbols.. no words..
take a picture of a billboard in a foreign language
and send it to a web site you will get instant translation.