Modern technology simplifies our lives. Online dictionaries and applications that instantly translate words from photos, create music and pictures in real time, or translate speech from one language to another. These achievements bring us closer to a universal translator who can understand what and in what language another person speaks. Will technological processes be able to replace living people over time?

Modern technologies in the field of translation

For a long time, translation was the prerogative of linguists who worked with bilingual dictionaries and grammar rules. But since then, tools like Google Translate have emerged that have proven that automatic translations are now available to anyone with access to the Internet. This technology is used in the translation industry for various types of content to reduce costs and time.

Can artificial intelligence replace humans? Despite the constantly evolving translation services, there are tasks that seem more difficult for the “robot”. The ideas that arise in the text, the various meanings of reading, the technical specifics of certain terms, make the task more difficult than it seems, even a fast and powerful machine.

This is where the complexity of the translation arises. A translator is not someone who translates a sentence word for word. He understands the global significance of the text and the expression of the ideas that arise in it. He can translate it in an easy and understandable way for the reader.

This can be clearly seen if you try to translate a narrow technical text using online translation tools. The result is a literally translated text with no associated meaning.

Therefore, the profession of a translator is the art of possessing this necessary skill and rewriting all the expressions of the author without changing its meaning.

Modern technologies in the world of art

Art is changing with society and new technologies. Artists had to compete with cameras that were previously a threat to traditional art. But today, social networks and the Internet provide them with an endless audience to share their ideas and creations. Artists can present their works to people simply by clicking “share” on any chosen social networking platform.

Are digital art a threat to art? For many artists, the Instagram platform becomes their own exhibition. Likes and followers from social networks greatly influence the ability to become famous. Now they are motivated to create works that look interesting and unusual and are placed in small squares in the news feed.

But the desire for work designed for visualization in two dimensions can threaten new art. The idea underlying the creations is reduced to fit the title of the published content. Art is more than an image, and it cannot be aligned to be posted on the Internet.

Perhaps the digital version will eventually lead to the end of the traditional concept of art. But it is known for sure that art will always exist, changing in accordance with technological processes.

Modern technologies in teaching

Over the past decade, the number of people attending online courses and using the Internet to improve their education has increased dramatically. Now it’s easy to learn a foreign language or get a diploma without leaving home walls. The number of digital devices used in classrooms has also increased, with the advent of projectors and computers. But what does the continuing growth of educational technology mean for teachers?

Great technologies require good teachers! It is great teachers who make the use of technology significant in the education of students. Technical equipment can solve many problems, but they need to be managed. Therefore, they make the learning process easier, but do not replace the role of the teacher. Computers do not teach children to ask questions, distinguish between sources of information, think about the consequences, be creative or careful in judgments. Teachers teach students life skills and inspire them to reach their potential. It's not that teachers are being replaced by technology, but how teachers can adapt to use technology in their lessons.

Just as a calculator does not replace teachers of mathematics, technology only helps teachers to educate students. Their role will inevitably change as the resources at their disposal develop.

Should we wait for change?

The world is changing, and we are changing with it. Economists, translators and teachers have to adapt to technological changes, which are primarily used as additional assistants. The machine does not work without a person, someone is needed who would run it. Therefore, automatic and mechanical systems can never replace representatives of different structures and professions. But the latter will have to "keep up to date."