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> Good catch, smarties! Cuneiform is a writing system, not a language (like roman letters). We're transliterating - converting the syllables of your message to
by schoen 9y ago
> Good catch, smarties! Cuneiform is a writing system, not a language (like roman letters). We're transliterating - converting the syllables of your message to the cuneiform script - rather than translating.
Maybe the next evolution of this is a service that translates to one of the ancient languages that was traditionally written in cuneiform! (But I guess the transliteration approach is somewhat legitimate considering the range of totally unrelated languages that have been written in this system -- so why not English too?)