 Hello there. So I'm making this video because I kind of sort of messed up. I Well, I didn't mess up. So but yeah, no, I sort of did mess up I I made a video a while back about Google Translate and basically explaining why Google Translate Won't take our jobs, you know and and because as translators we always I mean chances are if you're translator Someone's approached you someone's told you'd be like Oh, well your job your profession won't exist in a few months because our few years or whatever It might be because Google Translate is gonna take over some other form of machine translation. It's gonna take over and And so you'll be out of a job. And so why even get into that job? And yeah, I've had people even say that one guy was saying his daughter wanted to become a translator and who is saying is like Well, I told her not to do that obviously because you know, obviously it's not gonna exist Like he's looking at me like it's such an obvious thing and I should agree and Anyway, so I did this whole long video talking about why I didn't think it was the case But they're always talking about machine translation and how I feel machine translation isn't Well, it isn't keeping up. It definitely isn't up now But it won't be able to keep up just because language has so many, you know different. I mean it has different forms of of Nuances and metaphors and similes and innuendos and humor and the slang is constantly changing etc. So anyway, so I addressed all these points kind of technical points and showed Why it works why it doesn't but here's a problem that same guy approaches me next time or someone approaches you and And says oh Google Trezzi is gonna take over while you don't have the time to go over Every single example of why it won't Translate this expression correctly or that expression correctly and why it's not gonna keep up and how the algorithm works differently from people and we You know are a lot better at interpreting All these expressions that are bit off anyway You know you can you can watch that video and where I talk about it But unfortunately, it's very hard to make it concise and make it Make it, you know something that you can tell someone just there off the cuff right a party And that's not even the main reason why we don't have to worry about Google translate And I should have addressed this main reason because it is something a lot shorter and a lot easier and a lot more evident That usually people don't think about For why Google translates not gonna take over and what I mean and why translators will always be needed and and you know and they'll be needed for a long time and So today I wanted to discuss this point because it is a different point But it's no less important in fact many times more if you have to be having to deal with all this Objection and having to deal with people, you know always bring up this question. So as Most of you know the way the Google Translate, you know and all these machine translation the way the algorithm works is they kind of take examples from what's been around so say There's a you know cafe gets translated as coffee, right? And so but say I misspelled coffee and I write it However, it was anyway, I write it incorrectly and then and you know So Google translate sees the incorrect translation when it's parsing all the stuff on on the web And and so it has the incorrect one, but then it finds the correct one And so there's two ways to translate cafe, you know coffee misspelled and coffee spelled correctly and then Goes through other 50,000 different variations and realize that's the correct way to spell it Not the incorrect way and so it knows, you know to take the correct one and then you know how to translate cafe into coffee That's how it works, you know, it takes other examples of translations and it figures out You know how to translate whatever you write down based on past translations and that's the problem Every time you plug a paragraph a sentence or whatever it might be into Google translate Google Google owns that paragraph and And there's nothing you can do about it the moment you put it in there it's there So if you're translating people's confidential stuff, you're translating annual reports You're translating any legal documents any contracts or anything that people would rather not be public out there then you're probably in violation of whatever contract you sign when you're working with them and You know, there could be legal records because not only is it then available, but it is actually traceable I mean, this is and I don't know how to do it But you know, there is a way to do it you can you know go back to the IP address and you know figure out when it Was posted from yeah, which address or what area and you know, you can kind of figure it out anyway, but regardless you You're violating a whole bunch of rules and and yeah You're basically putting people's confidential information out there, which you can't be doing it and you know That's the thing Google needs that information in order to take all the other, you know compare it to all the other Translations out there and figure out what's best. It's not that it took everything else out there Whatever you put is gonna be kept confidential. No everything you put there is all put into the mix so it can keep improving its translations and And so yeah, then it's out there and that's that's a huge issue, you know And most of these companies in fact if especially if potential clients or companies come up to you and tell you well You know why we need you Google Translate is gonna be great in a few years or something You're like, yeah If you want all your personal company information out there on Google Translate and you should remind them by the way if any of Your employees right now are putting stuff in Google Translate You know be very careful because that means all that information is out there so Yeah, you know, this is a huge thing and no matter how good Google Translate's algorithm gets You don't usually want to share this information and just make it public So and you know, this is I'm thinking all types of I mean I think most translations at the end of the day except marketing because obviously marketing you want it to be out there But anything medical anything legal any type of contract most business and financial stuff Anyway, yeah, you know and personal correspondence stuff like that Anyway, that's the problem with Google Translate being translate sys-tran I guess, you know all these all these ones that operate out there now. There are other ones as well I think I've mentioned before There's Linguia. There's a context reversal and stuff like that and these operate in a similar way But it's they're different and safer. First of all, they only parse it from publicly available documents If you go to Linguia or anything like that I do a lot of financial translations and I realize it uses a lot of documents published by the EU and That's why you can link to the original document and the original You know the original original the original translation and you can compare them because these are publicly available documents at any time You put something in then you can search for stuff But it doesn't use whatever you put in as As the translate or you know as anyway, it doesn't record what you put in also You can't put in whole paragraphs You can only put in a word at a time or maybe, you know two words or something like that So, you know, these are a lot safer than Google translate and being translated and all those I keep Signaling out Google just because I see most people, you know, that's what most people mean, but so anyway, this is a huge reason why Google translate a isn't safe and be Cannot be used by so many companies out there and so Translators will be needed for a long time to come So this is probably the best answer to give when people are bothering you at cocktail parties or whatever it is saying Well, you're it's a dying industry and you won't be needed That's probably what you should respond and you can mention that actually it's way behind it It'll take it a long time to get up with the times But in the meantime, this is also a huge issue completely different from the ability of the machine translation to keep up So anyway, yeah, I just wanted to put it out there because I realized that I hadn't mentioned it in the video But you know, there's something that is in back of my mind, but it didn't have to deal with machine translation per se So I didn't even mention it in that video, which I probably should have So hopefully you can use that as well in your arsenal for people when they tell you that translators have no future or stuff like that and because to me that's Anyway, such a big obvious point, but Yeah, hopefully you can find this useful If you do don't forget to click thumbs up because once again that always helps Don't forget to subscribe if you haven't because that also helps In fact, after you subscribe if you click on the bell next to it Then you can get notified every time there's a new video So you don't have to go check and wonder when there's a new video and stuff like that and Yeah, that's it. I'll see you in the next video. Thanks. Bye Okay, just quickly to add something as you can tell I'm wearing a different shirt This is this is the next day, but before posting this video. I just wanted to add something quickly You don't always have to feel the need to correct people by the way and and this I've learned to myself that when people Feel the need to say, oh, there's no future in translation Google Trends is gonna take over and all that my instant reaction is to want to correct them and tell them all the ways They're wrong and I guess that's why I made all you know these videos about it But there isn't always need of of course if they're thinking of hiring a translator Then you should set them straight just because a you know They're gonna make a mess of it if they try to use Google translator They'll figure out quick quickly enough that they shouldn't But that'll help them along and be you know, they might actually hire you But if this is someone else entirely or they're just saying it have a conversation You don't really need to correct them all the time and you know many times It's a lot of effort for for nothing really and let's face it Like if it's someone who's thinking maybe of becoming a translator and that's the reason they don't then quite frankly I think at least they're you know, they're kind of getting into it for the wrong reasons or at least They haven't done their research correctly and you know, that's one less competitor. I guess Anyway, it's I feel I always have the instinct that I want to correct people whenever they mentioned You know this whole Google translate machine translation thing But I've learned over time that you don't always have to and you know Sometimes you can smile and nod and be like oh well, we'll see or you know, whatever it might be but anyway at least now with these videos you have the you know, hopefully the information and Plausible response to give to people should you wish to give it, but you don't always have to feel the need I just wanted to put that out there And that's it now the video is done. Thanks. Bye