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Poll: When we colonize the moon or Mars, how soon will we need to send translators and interpreters? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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Jasa Pipan Slovenia Local time: 11:00 French to Slovenian + ...
If we get to colonizing the moon or Mars, then surely our technology will be advanced enough to be able to work with them via remote desktops, no? (That actually sounds really cool. I like this question ) | | |
Ricki Farn Germany Local time: 11:00 English to German What language? | Apr 26, 2018 |
Depends on whether we will find Wallace and Gromit there eating cheese, or the hairdressers and telephone sanitisers from Golgafrincham. | | |
I’m no Stephen Hawking but do we really need to go that far? Are we done with planet Earth? There's no way around the fact that flights are bad news for the environment. So, what about flights to the Moon and beyond? Anyway, when that happens I’ll be long gone. Safe travel everyone! | |
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Julian Holmes Japan Local time: 18:00 Member (2011) Japanese to English
We will probably find aliens writing these quick polls. So, heavy editing skills and sanity tests will be required. | | |
Colonizers will need to have a common language | Apr 26, 2018 |
Presuming we ever get permissive international law and sufficient technology to consider sufficient manned exploration to consider colonization... The first colonizers would be chosen for a number of skills and attributes, including a common language. We find today's astronauts and cosmonauts need to learn either English or Russian as a lingua franca long before launching into space. By the time there is sufficient terraforming for immigration to be enticing, and for c... See more Presuming we ever get permissive international law and sufficient technology to consider sufficient manned exploration to consider colonization... The first colonizers would be chosen for a number of skills and attributes, including a common language. We find today's astronauts and cosmonauts need to learn either English or Russian as a lingua franca long before launching into space. By the time there is sufficient terraforming for immigration to be enticing, and for costs to be achievable by the common person, there will already be a cadre of multilingual inhabitants ready to translate as necessary. That said, Teresa Borges asked if we were "done" with Planet Earth. The more salient question is whether our international laws, and the costs of the missions, will limit us forever to unmanned exploration of extraterrestrial bodies.
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Only after our pioneers try to build a Tower of Babel there. As they say, history repeats itself. | | |
Henry Schroeder United States Local time: 05:00 Member (2002) German to English + ... Other - translators already on the moon | Apr 26, 2018 |
Colonization has to catch up to us... probably waiting for Tesla... and probably won't get there with it... | |
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English Language | Apr 26, 2018 |
I think that the matter will be like using English language in aviation and aerospace! Thus, no need for translator! | | |
Trevor Chichester United States Local time: 05:00 Member (2012) German to English + ... Space.....the ultimate solution | Apr 26, 2018 |
I really enjoy how whimsical this question is. I suppose it wouldn't hurt if we sent all developers and users of MT into space indefinitely. | | |
It will not be in my time. | | |
Trevor Chichester wrote: I suppose it wouldn't hurt if we sent all developers and users of MT into space indefinitely. This is a top solution that will solve several problems at once | |
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Ditte Bjerregaard wrote: Trevor Chichester wrote: I suppose it wouldn't hurt if we sent all developers and users of MT into space indefinitely. This is a top solution that will solve several problems at once | | |
Peter Simon Netherlands Local time: 11:00 English to Hungarian + ... |
Orsetta Spinola Malta Local time: 11:00 Member (2006) Spanish to Italian + ... Not sure about interpreters... | Apr 27, 2018 |
...but I already have a good list of people I would send there permanently lol | | |
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