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The problems discussed in the article are not relevant anymore today: We can now have many professional translators work on the same documents. It's not like
by jlg23 7y ago
The problems discussed in the article are not relevant anymore today:
We can now have many professional translators work on the same documents. It's not like we have to copy treaties manually, go on a months-long journey by boat, horse or foot just to get a second opinion on a translation.
- JetSpiegel 7y agoThe treaties mentioned on the article were signed in 1889 at the earliest. By that time, telegraph lines were already connection most nations on the world. That's just 25 years before WW1.
- Timpy 7y agoI don't think availability of documents was at all implied to be the issue. It's more about two actors arguing over semantics, but each actor has a different set of rules to make their case.
- jlg23 7y agoWhich one would not sign in a time where translations can be checked instantaneously by a legion of translators. You don't have to trust a single translation anymore, you have enough translators to discuss every possible way of misinterpretations before accepting a translation.