Poll: Marriage via Microsoft Translator?
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Ines Radionovas-Lagoutte, PhD
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So many questions Mar 3

Is this a question?
What does it mean?
Do the bride and groom not have a shared language at all? Seems rather difficult.
Or do they get married in a country where one of them (or both) requires an interpreter?
Is the question if it can/should legally replace an interpreter?
Are we language people or are we not even able to construct a meaningful question any more?


Peter Simon
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Michael Newton
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meaningless! Mar 3

I'm only assuming such a question is totally meaningless to quite a lot of us. To me it definitely is as I'm old enough never even to have a whiff of a thought about such things. Pathetic! Any question related to our profession?

Ines Radionovas-Lagoutte, PhD
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Philip Lees
Gregor Trebec
Ester Vidal
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Other Mar 3

No, thank you! Married twice without the help of any app, be it Microsoft or not...

Philip Lees
Peter Simon
Ines Radionovas-Lagoutte, PhD
Andy Watkinson
Oksana Weiss
 
Jennifer Levey
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When in doubt, look it up... Mar 3

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/technology/they-are-in-love-but-dont-speak-the-same-language.html

They Are in Love but Don’t Speak the Same Language
He speaks English. She speaks Mandarin. The secret to their happy marriage: Microsoft Translator. etc. etc. etc.


Geee.... Whatever next???? (Hmmm - no, please, don't answer that!!!!)
JL


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Philip Lees
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Zea_Mays
Maria Laura Curzi
 
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If the poll is meant to be funny, then let's laugh... Mar 4

The groom is already married:

https://youtube.com/shorts/MhMXNV3MV1I?si=jq88L2Frg5b5o1Ka


Philip Lees
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Ines Radionovas-Lagoutte, PhD
Luis M. Sosa
Oksana Weiss
 
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Marriage via Microsoft translator Mar 4

Someone once opined that if you gave enough monkeys enough typewriters and enough time, sooner or later they would write the Great Books. And sure enough, snatched from the typewriter: "To be or not to be, that is the grfzlplk".
More ridiculous and inane questions from bots which may turn out to be simian. More bananas?


Philip Lees
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Maria Laura Curzi
 
Philip Lees
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Secret Mar 4

So the secret of a happy marriage is for neither partner to understand the nuances of what the other is saying.

Sounds reasonable.


Susanna Martoni
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Peter Simon
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Ines Radionovas-Lagoutte, PhD
Liena V.
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Liena V.
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How did people ever exist before? Mar 4

AI translating Catholic Mass, marriage via Microsoft Translator... This is getting more and more interesting!
Has anyone finally discovered how to make 9 women produce a baby in one month or at least a digital rosary for more efficient processing of prayers, taking into account the high level of repetitions? Uploading one's remains to the afterlife at online funeral, perhaps?


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Maria Laura Curzi
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Oscar Núñez Alfaro
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