Breaking through the language barrier
I picked this article because I've thought about this even before I had taken a foreign language. It is really interesting that there is so much out in the world but if one can't understand it, then what's the use even though every human uses language. This is related to language because it shows how companies now are trying to close the gap that language builds. The thing I found most interesting is that IBM had its own people translating words to help out. Not only were the employees benefiting the company by knowing two or more languages, but they were helping themselves out and people around the world by translating. Another astonishing fact was that within the course of a month, 400,000 words had been translated by that company showing just how diverse the business world can be. It also shows the importance of knowing multiple languages has. I absolutely agree with this article because with all that there is to connect with in this world, language barriers seem like a tiny hindrance in the path to knowledge. This article makes me want to learn more about what companies are doing to close the language barrier. I think that since this article was written in 2010 that there must be new software out that even furthers the translation of businesses and even programs to help people to learn new languages fast. This topic definitely affects the world because the internet is worldwide and business is done worldwide. Doing something like communicating and making it easier to communicate with each other through translation impacts the lives of someone not only in the U.S. but as well in Japan.
I could not see your article. I do know what you are talking about. I worked for a company in California and no one speak spanish in the office. All the labor workers only speak spanish and my self. I was the only one that speak spanish in the office, when I was not at work they would used a program to help them translate a piece of paper. Most of the time it was not correct.
ReplyDeleteI am a business major and I completely agree that language barriers are something that many businesses want to avoid. It's surprising to me that my degree doesn't require any foreign language study in order to graduate. But I know that I want to learn Mandarin Chinese because it's the most spoken language in the world and the US does a lot of business with China.
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