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It can't now. It will be able to in the future, when the translation actually becomes fluent for the user.
by Thraway198 3mo ago
It can't now. It will be able to in the future, when the translation actually becomes fluent for the user.
- asveikau 3mo agoMy point is that a succinct and correct translation for the pun does not exist in the target language.
- Thraway198 3mo agoMy point is that the AI will have that info understood as part of "being a translator," and react accordingly. The phenomenon you're describing is a basic fact of linguistics. Many things don't have direct translations, but they are still translated by fluent speakers of both languages.
- asveikau 3mo agoI am fluent in both languages and I can't succinctly translate it. If I changed the meaning of the sentence, I could say, "can I study civil rights if I'm a lefty?" If it were text, I might give you the translation I already gave yesterday and add a footnote explaining the pun. Neither of these are ideal. One changes the meaning, the other is hard to understand.
- Thraway198 3mo agoOk, so if a human, which is at the top of this ability to translate, choose this route. What's the problem with an LLM-translatoin bot doing it? It would just do that, give a possible translation, and explain the issue.