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pokedude900 posted...

Okay. Now try doing that 100 times through 5 different languages and see what happens.

Ok, but remember that what I'm asking here is how far away do you think AI is at translating one person talking in one language and then being able to translate that to another person talking another language. I don't doubt that if you punch it back and forth 100 times in 5 different languages that it will get worse over each iteration.

Or more importantly, try something that isn't incredibly basic. Talk about Pokemon or various real-world animal or plant species and I guarantee it won't retain its original meaning for more than a few iterations.

let's try. From english to mandarin to english:

Original paragraph:
"I'm playing final fantasy 10 and I keep messing up kimahri's sphere grid. I never know if I should take him down yuna or Rikku's path. Does he work better as a white mage or better as a thief/support character? I prefer Rikku's mix overdrive tbh."

Translated:
"I'm playing Final Fantasy 10, but I always mess up Kimahri's sphere grid. I never know whether I should develop him along Yuna's or Rikku's path. Is he more effective as a white mage or as a thief/support character? To be honest, I prefer Rikku's mixed overdrive skills."

I dunno, that's pretty impressive. It's a niche subject matter, going from a germanic language to a Chinese one and then back to english without losing any important contect.