As computers translate quickly and accurately, learning foreign languages is a waste of time. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
With the advances made in the language translation technology, it is very easy to translate text from one language to the other. Due to the ready availability of such applications, some people believe that learning foreign languages is unnecessary. This essay will argue why the notion that learning foreign languages has become irrelevant should be completely dismissed.
Many companies are seeing benefits in using computers to translate large volumes of content into different languages. It saves money for them as they don’t have to hire humans for each language. Also, they’ve found that it is more efficient to use computers as they can get more work done each day than with a human. Recent studies have shown that global companies with a need to maintain their documentation in various languages have used computers to good effect leading to significant cost savings. These benefits have led people to believe that use of computers to translate languages is a good alternative to learning foreign languages.
Despite the efficiency and cost saving, there are certain limitations to computer based translations due to which the argument against learning foreign languages should be completely dismissed. A computer software may not be able to translate literature as accurately as other non-literary works. Moreover, when interacting with locals in a foreign country, a person needs to have spontaneous verbal skills and a translator is more likely to let us down. For instance, literary masterpieces from Shakespeare would be a disaster in a non-English language if the translation is done by a computer. Also, many European countries only deal with businesses that speak the local language. Therefore, computers should be used an aid to using a foreign language and cannot completely replace the learning of foreign languages.
This essay argued that the people who think that people no longer need to learn foreign languages as computers can easily translate languages don’t have a complete understanding of the limitations of computer translation softwares. In my opinion, it is absolutely necessary to learn foreign languages and computer based translations should be used to assist such learning and not completely replace it.
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- Test topic 11
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 254, Rule ID: ABSOLUTELY_ESSENTIAL[1]
Message: Use simply 'necessary'.
Suggestion: necessary
...slation softwares. In my opinion, it is absolutely necessary to learn foreign languages and computer...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, if, may, moreover, so, therefore, for instance, in my opinion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 13.1623246493 114% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 7.85571142285 153% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 10.4138276553 48% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 11.0 7.30460921844 151% => OK
Pronoun: 23.0 24.0651302605 96% => OK
Preposition: 45.0 41.998997996 107% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 8.3376753507 72% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1905.0 1615.20841683 118% => OK
No of words: 351.0 315.596192385 111% => OK
Chars per words: 5.42735042735 5.12529762239 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.32839392791 4.20363070211 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.99253812906 2.80592935109 107% => OK
Unique words: 178.0 176.041082164 101% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.507122507123 0.561755894193 90% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 601.2 506.74238477 119% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 5.43587174349 129% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.76152304609 63% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 16.0721442886 100% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 39.1533443655 49.4020404114 79% => OK
Chars per sentence: 119.0625 106.682146367 112% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.9375 20.7667163134 106% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.1875 7.06120827912 59% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.67935871743 81% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.9879759519 75% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 3.4128256513 176% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.277389237088 0.244688304435 113% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.111414803598 0.084324248473 132% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0697395078165 0.0667982634062 104% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.20503479597 0.151304729494 136% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0519931440772 0.056905535591 91% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.1 13.0946893788 115% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 41.7 50.2224549098 83% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.3001002004 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.21 12.4159519038 114% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.41 8.58950901804 98% => OK
difficult_words: 83.0 78.4519038076 106% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 9.78957915832 87% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 67.4157303371 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.0 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.