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Jan 18, 2023 12:16 AM
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taurondir
Not really? I'm surprised it took so LONG for what we have NOW. We are already past many Sci-Fi movies "dates" predicted.
stronomer
I'd also sell you this product for $100. With some fineprint, though.
nelsonau
Given that the case says 'Time Kettle' I'm wondering about the quality of this translation.
KT8819
Last Starfighter did it better
BillHubbard
The Google Buds do translations as well, when used with a Pixel phone. Don't they?
Beefkins
I wonder how many people know that the Yahoo Babel Fish was named after this.
josephpadretti
42?
Hightower840
Does it do Welsh English to English English? Asking for a friend...
JericoJones23
I think i erased this movie from my memory. Yea i'm a gatekeeper ok?! May Bowerick Wowbagge curse you all.
DeepVeinZombosis
I'll stick with SayHi Translate, thanks.
LadyAyami
But I rather love with the babblefish on my eay
waeraj","avata
I doubt they work at all and o ly ha
scottEkarate
Is it as accurate as Google translate?
pocketpython
no, it's WORSE. Seen reviews of this, it barely works half the time and the translations are sometimes *technically* correct but still bad.
OMGamIImguringCorrectly
I was going to get these, then I read the reviews. Honestly, just use Google translate.
badbmc
So long and thanks for all the fish.
KeepYourFaceFengShui
Forgot Mos Def was in this film! Rewatching tonight, thank you!
FailedCrate
Why are humans becoming dumber? There, there is one example. Your brain needs training to become intelligent & to stay that way.
ReelPoop
I think all google earbuds did this 5 years ago? you can get them for $30.00
lucidbarrier
I have a large folded towel in the backseat of my car. Always remember your towel!
HasteTheFool
Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused 1/2
HasteTheFool
more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation." -And now it exists for real? Shit!
Bunhyung
Am I gonna have to listen to Vogon poetry?
xkjagnz
And it only cost us the planet to get this far
AwwDamn321
Man I really wish I knew if the Spanish people are talking trash about me at work….99 dollars? fuck that!
Illpostcheese
I like the British miniseries best.
rardot
The audiobooks narrated by Stephen Fry are the shiznit. Wife and I spent a road trip laughing our asses off the whole ride.
goflyblind
graehall
Same, the movie felt weirdly wrong. It felt gross somehow, and disconnected, and weird and I just couldn't
Dxb105
It's funny because Douglas Adams did the screenplay for it for a 2001 go at the film before he passed.
UnicornSausage
It's been a long time since I read the books, but Zooey just wore me out in the new movie.
Illpostcheese
Try the British miniseries.
UnicornSausage
Oh yeah.. that's the one I grew up with on PBS.
RalphH
go for the original, the radio series
Illpostcheese
I listen to that and others while playing certain games.
RalphH
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1g84m0sXpnNCv84GpN2PLZG/the-game-30th-anniversary-edition
tinctures
I had it on cassettes when I was in high school. I used to listen to it when I cleaned and cooked and washed dishes and such.
JPRiddles
Or just read the book...
somnif
The radio series came first. The (first two) book(s) was(were) an adaptation from that. The rest of the series was books first, however.
gluttonygreedpridewrathslothlustenvy
The book came after the radio play, but whatever
NZSheeps
This radio series? http://www.radionouspace.net/programs/hitchhikers-guide/
WellWellWellLookWhoItIs
Yeah.
RalphH
YES!
SirChadwellHeath
OatmealChocolateChipCookies
I preferred it in the original Klingon.
zenoshogun
The poetry is to die for.
ArcadiaBerger
The reason Klingon females scream and hurl heavy objects at males during courtship is that Klingon males learned poetry from the Vogons.
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
Everything else is a pale shadow. Heard it first on Hour 25 on KPFK long before it became popular in the US.
zFUBARz
I mean literally every rendition is pretty different. all have their place.
ballinthegroin
These are crappy airbuds that only work with a single app. Not as advertised.
ballinthegroin
EARbuds or airPODs. Not slam dunking dogs.
nanners2020
I know someone who genuinely called them “airbubs.” Still makes me laugh
JPRiddles
I wish I could upvote this more than once
Username62611
Nowhere in the rules does it say a dog can't also be a portable translation device.
JPRiddles
How is that not as advertised? Where does it say it works independently of a specific app?
mike13815
It suggests the headphones are doing something.
Escapist83
They are doing something. They're not just inert lumps of plastic.
ballinthegroin
The point is that you can get a translator app and use existing headphone and get the same service, and also listen to music/make calls.
mike13815
Yeah they're $10 earbuds sold for $100 to try and lock you into their translation service, as if your phone can't already do it for free.
wisher1977
When the dolphins start departing the oceans, start to worry…
plantpr0n
Oceans dying pretty fast, we're close.
BarkingBlackbird
SomeGiantIdiot
Dannoboyo
It's happening now. It's just not voluntary. And you should be worried.
somebodythatyouusetoknow
Nah, that's when we can relax. It'll be over soon...
nachosyndicate
Should I lie down and put a paper sack over my head?
GalifreyanDoctor
Yo put that bag back on
SometimesISayHistoryStuff
If you like, yes.
HaveIgotyourhecklesup
So long and thanks for all the fish
TychoTychoAlba
So sad that it should come to this
awesalots
We tried to warn you…
TychoTychoAlba
But oh dear...
pork4brains
We could always stop being civil and make the bastards stop destroying all life on the planet for their profits
TychoTychoAlba
I don't think that's the next line?
Witcher187
It doesn't work in real time. They speak, it translates for you, then you speak and it translates back. Instantly gives the wrong impression
matshelge
It would best work as text / AR interface. We already see this working on online meetings with auto captions.
apoliticalpanda
That's not so bad. I think you are asking too much for a $100 pair of headphones
yawkeyharwitz
My pixel buds do this with the Google translator app. Meaning the Google translator app is one of the apps that does this already.
SpamYarBlockers
Something something hovercraft eels
MinistryOfSillyTalks
Do you want to come back to my place, bouncy-bouncy?
majorserenity
My nipples explode with delight!
Loose2Moose
You run into this problem instantly just with English to Spanish, and that's guaranteed to be common
JPRiddles
Nothing could possibly work instantly. That would be like predicting what someone is going to say
katakura
Fish in the ear would
PoppinLochNessHopster
It could easily work with a VERY small delay in the future predictive AI and fast processing.
ThisOneKid
Google Translate has a conversation mode that works close to real time that I thought works pretty well
cyberspork
Easily lol
TheN8
You need a complete sentence to be able to get it right as many words have >1 possible translation, which is context based.
PoppinLochNessHopster
Hence the predictive AI. Could be a pickable option with a known codeword to tell the AI to take another slower crack at it if it sounds odd
PoppinLochNessHopster
If you converse with the same person a lot you could pick that option and it would train on their patterns, or strangers use slow mode. etc
thetonestarr
Professional linguist here. Would only possibly work between two languages that have similar grammar structure. Any significant deviation>
SacrificialClam
I spanish, they already know the sentence is a question before the first word. ¿?
thetonestarr
< and it will need at least complete sentences or else it'll predict wrong, guaranteed.
SirDuddleZboob
Was gonna say that but only as a bilingual person who noticed just that! I'm glad someone qualified did! Good job dude
CairoLen
Wife was a linguist before kids, and she said almost exactly the same thing.
TacoPoweredHelicopter
You are a linguist so can't be trusted on this, as you have a vested interest in it not working. Big linguist always keeping AI down. Shame!
CitizenClam
You can work with a slight delay the way the UN interpreters translate a speech while actively listening to it.
ImNotStalkingYouBTWYoureOutOfMilk
Tramslators don't work in real-time, they get a copy of the speech and translate it beforehand, only making slight changes on the fly
Martecles
I wish! I’ve translated real time English=Spanish plenty for meetings, with lawyers and other situations. Only prewritten one was a sermon!
HedonistBeard
The UN interpreters work in real-time for most speeches. Only if the speaker is not speaking one of the official languages and did not
HedonistBeard
bring their own interpreter to bridge the gap then the speaker can choose to submit a copy of the speech in advance for translation.
cyberspork
i knew you were going to say that.
murd0c1
Unless we create some sort of brain interface that translates it as you speak it.
TheN8
We're not falling for that, Elon - we know it's you...
FriendlyNeighborhoodGrammarPerson
Many languages depend on context to be translated accurately due to how grammar in other languages work. Can't do it as it's spoken.
Orcus424
That still won't work. Grammatical structure is different. In 1 language I say paper in beginning of sentence in other it would be last. >
Orcus424
> The whole sentence needs to be said first then translated to be heard. There will always be a delay.
brandonblk
tbh if everyone could decide on a language that would be great for everyone lol
JaimeLannistersRightHand
Also, it will probably translate shit wrongly. I work in a French/Dutch bilingual place and the amount of Google Translate errors... Wow
sarukane
Google translate is still much better than nothing!
matshelge
Google translate is some old ass approach. New large scale language AIs kick all sorts of ass compared to Google translate.
JaimeLannistersRightHand
But I don't know those AIs... I know Google Translate
IMayNotKnowWhatIAmTalkingAbout
Google those ai. Stay current, stay relevant. Also, they're kinda cool/terrifying.
JaimeLannistersRightHand
Would I be training Skynet to recognize language patterns so they can mimic our speech and lure us into a trap?!
deumaro
Try deepL, very accurate translation
Mewlies
Belgium? Is this how you say you live in Belgium without saying Belgium. Cannot be Swiss that would be French/Deutsch.
macgerdo
Why did you only translate française, but not deutsch? I always see little vikings when someone uses german words on a .com website.
JaimeLannistersRightHand
Correct! I work for a federal government office in Brussels so we're supposed to be bilingual
UniqueUsername87692
At least you never af to pay for ze parking
JaimeLannistersRightHand
I take the shitty public transportation. I don't af ze parking