Today we can talk on the phone with another person in another language and understand each other perfectly.     

Communication is one of the most important skills of the human being. It is through communication that we can share ideas, thoughts and feelings with others. In an increasingly globalized world, the ability to communicate with people from different cultures and countries is essential.

In the past, communicating with people of other languages was a challenge. It was necessary to learn the other person's language in order to understand them, or do so through a translator. However, technological advances have made intercultural communication much easier.

Nowadays, we can talk on the phone with another person in another language and understand each other perfectly. This is thanks to automatic translation technology. Machine translation is a computer system that translates from one language to another.

Machine translation technology is based on a set of rules and algorithms that allow text to be translated from one language to another. Rules and algorithms can be learned from a human-translated text dataset.

Machine translation is available in a variety of formats, including software, mobile applications, and online services. Online machine translation services are the most popular. These services allow users to translate from one language to another for free or with a subscription.

Machine translation offers a number of advantages, including:

• Ease of use: Automatic translation is easy to use. It is not necessary to have language knowledge to be able to use it.
• Speed: Automatic translation is fast. You can translate in seconds.
• Accessibility: Machine translation is accessible. It is available in a variety of formats and devices

Machine translation also has a number of disadvantages, including:

• Accuracy: Machine translation is not always accurate. You may make mistakes, especially in complex or technical texts.
• Naturalness: Machine translation is not always natural. Translated voice may sound artificial.
• Cost: Online machine translation services can be expensive, especially if used frequently

Machine translation is constantly evolving. Researchers are working to improve the accuracy and naturalness of machine translation. So every day it will be easier and it will be on our mobile phones, putting our own voice in the other language more accessible to everyone.

In the future, machine translation will be even more precise and natural, making what is heard in the other language an “image” of our own voice. And you will also be able to translate complex and technical texts with a high degree of precision.

I recently read that the mayor of New York has used these tools to communicate with people who live in his city, but speak other languages, and most of those people he has spoken with have been pleasantly surprised to find that he spoke to them in their language instead of in English.

And on the other hand, I have seen that he has received criticism from people who accuse him of using these technologies that they consider “unethical.” I believe that technologies are generally neutral, ethics depends on the use that humans give them.

In my opinion, machine translation has great potential to improve understanding between people from different cultures and countries. In the future, machine translation will become even more accurate and natural, making intercultural communication even easier. And that is positive.