On Dec 29, 1:38 pm, gmgallag wrote:
> ... Assuming that we could alphabetize, syllabarize, or
> logographize the sounds a dolphin makes, could we then develop a
> translation to say English?
> Google translate uses, among other things, user submitted translation
> as its initial conditions, but are there perhaps other types of
> initial conditions that we might use, better suited to this problem?
Actually, Google uses pre-existing translations done by professional
translators as the "initial conditions", not user-submitted
translations. If you can provide Google with cetacean citations, they
can get started on it. (I said that on porpoise.)
