Electronic translation?

Abstract

‘The age of miracles is over,’ they say, attributing the wonders of today's world to technology. But if the advertisement for a ‘Language Translator’ is to be believed, we must continue to accept marvels. With this personal pocket computer it is claimed that, ‘You can communicate in a foreign country without speaking the language, or you can learn the language more easily thanks to a new electronic miracle.’ We are further told that the gadget translates words and phrases into and out of six languages.

Citation

Snell, B. (1980), "Electronic translation?", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 32 No. 4, pp. 179-186. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb050730