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Edward Potter
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lower prices = more demand Apr 25, 2021

I wouldn't be so quick to say MT will destroy translators. It may be just the opposite, at least for the next few decades. If we can churn out more translation faster at a lower price at comparable quality, I would have strong reason to expect higher demand from customers. We could see new customers who suddenly decided that maybe they do want a translation since the prices have come down. There could be competition among companies in different sectors to get all their stuff translated due to t... See more
I wouldn't be so quick to say MT will destroy translators. It may be just the opposite, at least for the next few decades. If we can churn out more translation faster at a lower price at comparable quality, I would have strong reason to expect higher demand from customers. We could see new customers who suddenly decided that maybe they do want a translation since the prices have come down. There could be competition among companies in different sectors to get all their stuff translated due to the lower prices.

It could be a winning situation all around. ▲ Collapse
 
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. Apr 25, 2021

Edward Potter wrote:

I wouldn't be so quick to say MT will destroy translators. It may be just the opposite, at least for the next few decades. If we can churn out more translation faster at a lower price at comparable quality, I would have strong reason to expect higher demand from customers. We could see new customers who suddenly decided that maybe they do want a translation since the prices have come down. There could be competition among companies in different sectors to get all their stuff translated due to the lower prices.

It could be a winning situation all around.



Nah.

That "potential customer" will just use an AR camera mode to MT whatever they want with their smartphone camera.

It's close enough.
 
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