If it were possible to translate every concept or expression, transparently from any language into any other, there wouldn't be any real reason to have more th

If it were possible to translate every concept or expression, transparently from any language into any other, there wouldn't be any real reason to have more than one language. Or, in other words, if the only differences between languages are cosmetic, different words and slightly different grammar, then there would be more to gain from being able to communicate without using a machine as an intermediary than from keeping the old phonemes (which will eventually be replaced anyway) in use.