DLI is the sperg capital of the world

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StabbyRipStabStab: Nov 4, 2009; I got the internet going nuts.

I'd start dousing the shitter with OC.

# ¿ Jun 25, 2010 22:50

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StabbyRipStabStab: Nov 4, 2009; I got the internet going nuts.

I'd tell her to gently caress right off.

# ¿ Jun 28, 2010 04:27

StabbyRipStabStab: Nov 4, 2009; I got the internet going nuts.

Not to be a dick, but why do we even have Spanish at DLI?

# ¿ Jul 10, 2010 12:57

StabbyRipStabStab: Nov 4, 2009; I got the internet going nuts.

hammeredspace posted:

Because not everyone who's capable of speaking Spanish is also capable of obtaining a security clearance.

I'm sure there's enough.

Plenty of Hispanics happen to be born in the United States, you know. :colbert:

Not like I should expect for everything to make sense.

# ¿ Jul 10, 2010 13:54

StabbyRipStabStab: Nov 4, 2009; I got the internet going nuts.

hammeredspace posted:

There was a guy who lived a couple doors down from me in the admin barracks who wore a Happy Cat t-shirt during one of the nights where everyone gets together to clean the halls and the head and whatnot.

I asked him if he posted on SA.

He got all defensive and snarky and "oh god you're not going to reference a bunch of lame poo poo are you."

Even goons is jerks at DLI.

What a loving tool, you should have kicked him in the shin.

# ¿ Jul 11, 2010 19:32

StabbyRipStabStab: Nov 4, 2009; I got the internet going nuts.

DLI and translators should be phased out in favor of BabelFish, Yes/No?

# ¿ Jul 12, 2010 17:33

StabbyRipStabStab: Nov 4, 2009; I got the internet going nuts.

Pompous Rhombus posted:

I know this is a troll/shitpost, but:

I interviewed at a startup that was working on similar technology 2 years ago: basically feeding tons of translated material into a program and trying to "teach" it how to translate based on experience. The problem is that translation is seldom 1:1, it's contextual and computers don't have the necessary intuition/outside knowledge to make the right calls, at least right now. For interpreting, you also have to add situational context and two separate, effective speech-to-text programs on top of all of that. So the short answer is that no, translation and interpretation aren't going anywhere until computers get a lot smarter.

I know that, your initial assumption was correct. Computer translation blows, the use of computer to assist interpreters is pretty useful, though.

On a side note, has anyone learned anything with Rosetta Stone ever?

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StabbyRipStabStab: Nov 4, 2009; I got the internet going nuts.

Nobody hot ever goes to Grahams.

# ¿ Sep 29, 2010 00:27

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