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Cake day: July 4th, 2023

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  • I think you may be confused as to who you’re responding to. I’m reading some outrage in your response that is directed towards others and their statements, nothing that I’ve written or believe.

    There’s no argument to be made. A (good) translator into another language with take into account the intent of the original language and translate it into a comparative version. That can mean changing stories, or idioms that no longer land in the new language.

    I’m not the person who made any claim about reading speeds, and I would disagree wholeheartedly with that baseless statement.



  • Would you rather watch content in your native language, or subtitled? If you read translated content, it’s fine. But it’s not the same as hearing something performed for you. Might be hard to grasp if your language is largely auditory and written, rather than visual and emotive.

    Just because sign language is a visual language, does not mean reading is an equivalent. There is a ton of nuance and feeling that goes into communicating through sign language that is not possible through text alone.

    Beyond the communication piece, there is respect of an individual who natively speaks a language, and the importance of keeping the language alive.






  • Yes, it talks about ownership, because the original poster talked about ownership.

    Google hosts files, and thus needs to have some semblance of control over what actually is hosted on it, or they become liable for the same content.

    Pirated material? Child pornography? etc. It all needs to be scanned and determined if it violates rights/laws and be dealt with.

    Google has always done this automatically, because the sheer scale of content they host is overwhelming.

    I totally understand the ‘own everything’ mentality that some hold. That’s fair – then host it yourself, encrypt it, and you can hold the key to your little kingdom. For most people, that isn’t a factor.

    To get back to the original claim – they don’t claim rights over what you post. It is yours. You just can’t host other people’s stuff. The definition of that is incredibly broad and largely commercial. 99% of people will never, ever run into the issue. 99% of the remaining 1% will discover it innocently (such as another poster trying to back up office). The remaining will already be versed enough to encrypt their data locally before uploading.