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		Universal translator one step closer to reality. Still unable to help you hit on Klingon babes (usatoday.com)		41
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CapeFearCadaver		2006-10-16 07:46:06 PM

But... this was needed earlier today

Sawatdee		2006-10-16 07:46:38 PM

Did someone finally catch a babelfish?

HumbleGenius		2006-10-16 07:46:59 PM

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/still not working

pinch_harmonics		2006-10-16 07:47:06 PM

TTIWWOP of klingon babes.

pshaw		2006-10-16 07:47:29 PM

Finally! My hovercraft is full of eels!

baorao		2006-10-16 07:47:43 PM

chik-n san-wich?

Day_Old_Dutchie		2006-10-16 07:51:44 PM

"Shaka, when the walls fell"

Courtney Cox-Zucker		2006-10-16 07:52:15 PM

One day, a U.S. soldier entering tense situations without the assistance of an Arabic interpreter might rely on two-way translation software in mobile computers.

"That'll show them queers once and for all we don't want 'em or need 'em!"

radiofreewill		2006-10-16 07:53:14 PM

Sawatdee: Did someone finally catch a babelfish?

I always figured that in most cases, it was the other way around (the Babelfish catches you).

Mugato		2006-10-16 07:58:22 PM

Doesn't seem that hard. We have voice recognition. We have translator software. Stephen Hawking has that voice synthesizer. The translation errors in the field could be hilarious in a WWIII type way.

doombot		2006-10-16 08:02:32 PM

Darmok on the ocean. =(

wugou		2006-10-16 08:03:53 PM

TFA- "you can communicate a concept and you can elicit a response from someone"

Like. With. Gestures. Well done technology; wake me up when you actually have something useful.

/translator
//gadgets can't replace humans
///Context surrenders (*fire! (combustion is occuring!) *fire (discharge your weapon!)

sinanju		2006-10-16 08:04:44 PM

My favorite Klingon babe (and Human, Vulcan, and Andorian), Suzie Plakson

Though, I have to admit, the human version is my fav.

TheBigBadCrystallineEntity		2006-10-16 08:05:16 PM

"Sokath, His Eyes Open!"

sinanju		2006-10-16 08:05:46 PM

*sigh*... Human-appearing Q, that is.

doombot		2006-10-16 08:06:28 PM

wugou: Context surrenders

FARK YOU!

Why Yes... I am on Fark!

NO! FARK YOU!

Why... I don't know if you know me on Fark. Have you seen my photoshops?

Oh. FARK IT.

Yes... I do use the extension Fark It. Makes responsing to people a breeze!

Tachikoma		2006-10-16 08:11:07 PM

I'm sorry Dave, but I'm afraid I can't let you understand that.

/still going to take language classes to learn the old fashioned way

HickPrincess		2006-10-16 08:11:22 PM

There will be much hilarity.

You should see the crap my students submit after using a variety of online services.

If live human translators can make huge bloopers (i.e., Jimmy Carter in Poland), I can only image what that machine will spit out.

mistrowl		2006-10-16 08:12:16 PM

Day_Old_Dutchie, Doombot et. al.

Easily one of my favorite episodes. The condensed version of Gilgamesh brought a tear to me eye..

/Kalimash at Baha
//MistrOwl, his sails unfurled

irving47		2006-10-16 08:20:42 PM

So who needs help?

BarkingPumpkin		2006-10-16 08:25:06 PM

"I have soiled myself. How embarassing."

ArkAngel		2006-10-16 08:32:08 PM

Lursa and B'Etor approve

Sawatdee		2006-10-16 08:32:09 PM

"Some say that the evolution of the Babel fish could not have been accidental, and hence that it proves the non-existence of God."

kmak		2006-10-16 08:39:41 PM

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

KNW		2006-10-16 08:54:54 PM

Don't you hit on Klingon chicks by simply backhanding them?

scalloped_llama		2006-10-16 09:24:44 PM

"Crazy Jibberish"

(thanks imageshack)

FuturePastNow		2006-10-16 09:33:26 PM

KNW: Don't you hit on Klingon chicks by simply backhanding them?

No, no. Use your fist. A back-handed slap is a challenge to the death.

Flopsy		2006-10-16 09:44:13 PM

Regnad Kcin		2006-10-16 10:09:25 PM

KNW and FuturePastNow

Actually, you read love poetry.

tyguy101aa		2006-10-16 10:54:29 PM

is there a word in klingon for lonelyness... ahh yes... kartuk.

www.thesimpsonsquotes.com

singmetosleep		2006-10-16 11:02:39 PM

Darmok and Jalad, at Tanagra!!

/Had to put up the original phrase
//My genius Hegelian philosophy professor uses stories from Star Trek:TNG episodes to illustrate philisophic points all the time. He ordered the whole TNG on DVD for the library. Go Dr. Tunick.
///Strangely enough, the nutty professor gets more tail than I do

Fark This!		2006-10-16 11:05:34 PM

Submitter is a moron. Klingon Babes are MUCH more likely to be hitting you, then you hitting...

Oh, wait... hitting on?

lindseyp		2006-10-16 11:34:36 PM

Never gonna happen.

Look how badly online translators fare. That's not due to bad design, it's due to inherent differences in the languages that make direct translation impossible.

We can translate by understanding the language written as-is, and rewriting in another language, filling in gaps creatively using our model of the world. For a machine to translate perfectly it needs to have a full descriptive model of the world in order to have a base conceptual language into and from which it can translate our lexical languages.

That is *much* *much* harder than the current level or equivalence model of machine translators.

The most interesting step recently is google's beta statistical translator. It still can't get the nuances of missing information.

frixx0r		2006-10-17 12:18:59 AM

My nipples explode with delight.

give me doughnuts		2006-10-17 12:25:22 AM

"Klaatu barada nickto!"

also just as obvious:

"Ich bin ein Berliner!"
(I am a doughnut)

haikupoet		2006-10-17 12:40:54 AM

Geez, who wants a Klingon woman? No human male could handle one...

MutedDNA		2006-10-17 12:56:01 AM

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Whatthefark		2006-10-17 02:43:14 AM

This could be a good thing. Of course, it'll take a week of each person teaching the software their particular speech style by reciting predetermined words and phrases.

"OK PRISONER! I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK YOU TO SPEAK INTO THIS MICROPHONE UNTIL THE LITTLE BLUE BAR IS FULL AND IT SAYS YOU HAVE REACHED 100%!!!

THEN I'LL DO THE SAME THING!!! AFTER THAT, YOU BETTER BE READY TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS!!!"