"Technology and its mechanisms to facilitate translations"

Andres Figuera

Starting with the most commonly used and most know accesible translation tool: google translate

Despite not being perfect, it still helps many people to understand and communicate around the internet and the world, letting interactions that without this tool, they would be impossible.

It is also recommended to check out some alternatives, like DeepL translate if this translator isn't enough.

When exploring the internet, one of the most common problems to access information is the language barrier, with certain tools like extensions and browsers, some websites can be fully translated so the information can go to the user.

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This avoids the barriers and lets the common person know about information that is behind a language barrier without needing a total translation service, however this method also has its own failures, since the automatic translation is not perfect and is very hard to perfect it, but the access and the information is still more reachable for the most common person.

Another great help that comes with the virtuality, is the access to a lot of proper translation services with human translators and certifications, this access is very useful for people that need accurate translation of more long and complex text, like documents, books or academic material.

This also offers very different options with prices, services and benefits so the person can find what it needs for the proper price.

For the translators themselves, the access of tools is also very helpful, making the translation process faster and giving good results when properly checked and corrected, making the workload less on the translators since they don't have to start from nothing.

Learnings:

The translation is more accessible these days and the tools around the web and the technology make it easier to communicate, understand and answer properly even in different contexts. From casual to formal.

As long as the tools keep being properly used. With careful revision and a human approbing and correcting translated text, the quality of the translation can even improve in speed and accuracy.