Most European Languages Unlikely to Survive Online
Languages are often automatically translated by comparing each new sentence against thousands of sentences previously translated by people and stored in a database. The better the match, the more accurate the result. But statistical methods are doomed to fail in the case of languages with smaller pools of sample data, the study said.
The study, “Europe’s Languages in the Digital Age,” was carried out by META-NET, a European nonprofit that aims to future-proof at least 30 of the 80 languages spoken in Europe. META-NET has designated Sept. 26 as The European Day of Languages.
META-NET says the gaps in technology across European languages must be overcome to establish a single digital market, one where language does not hamper the flow of information. But the barriers are huge, they say. The deep-rooted English-language focus of most research and development is one big hurdle. In addition, Europe’s oldest languages are imperiled by the inherent difficulties, little interest and insufficient funds on the part of tech companies.
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