People always talk about 'stacking' this and that when I read these posts. Sorry if I'm not updated on my theoretical and leading-edge technology (First registered day on slashdot, heheh) but the english language has, er, for lack of a better term, TONS OF WORDS. How big would one english dictionary be? OK, even if it's not that big, now you have to add in the whatever-language parallel. Got it? now add tenses(The only foreign language I speak is spanish, but I know that they use verb endings much more than we do.) Then come dictionaries that we can 'stack' for slang, you may need another dictionary for a strong regional accent, doublespeak... I can't think of anything else to add. Anyway, imagine the sheer size of the memory, speed of the processor, etc. that you'd need. And they make it wearable? This one's gonna cost the army a fortune, and methinks (european slang too!) it would cost a LOT more than a tour guide or translator for the average business tripper. --Jordan....As a sort of post-note, anyone notice that we as a whole don't enunciate as much as would be preferred?
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People always talk about 'stacking' this and that when I read these posts. Sorry if I'm not updated on my theoretical and leading-edge technology (First registered day on slashdot, heheh) but the english language has, er, for lack of a better term, TONS OF WORDS. How big would one english dictionary be? OK, even if it's not that big, now you have to add in the whatever-language parallel. Got it? now add tenses(The only foreign language I speak is spanish, but I know that they use verb endings much more than we do.) Then come dictionaries that we can 'stack' for slang, you may need another dictionary for a strong regional accent, doublespeak... I can't think of anything else to add. Anyway, imagine the sheer size of the memory, speed of the processor, etc. that you'd need. And they make it wearable? This one's gonna cost the army a fortune, and methinks (european slang too!) it would cost a LOT more than a tour guide or translator for the average business tripper. --Jordan ....As a sort of post-note, anyone notice that we as a whole don't enunciate as much as would be preferred?