◆ [Date updated: 2022/07/14(Thu) 00:34:15]
　■How were people translating foreign language text before google translate
　│came out? I was reading some archives of a forum from 2002 where someone
　│has made a post in some Balkan language, and someone had to come and
　│manually translate it to English
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　├■this post makes me feel old knowing that there are people that haven't experienced the old interwebz （ ´,_ゝ`）
　││
　│└■The idea that there are people that don't remember the 90s at all still 
　│　　freaks me out, nevermind the 2000s. The worst part is I remember 
　│　　reading threads a long time ago where people were saying the same thing 
　│　　about the 70s and 80s, and now I've become those people (;´Д`)
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　├■There were online language translation dictionaries and a few primi-
　│　tive machine translation sites around (like AltaVista's Babel Fish as 
　│　mentioned), but translation dictionaries and language textbooks had 
　│　been around forever in book form, and software and handheld electronic 
　│　versions existed at that point too
　│　
　│　Kind of an aside, but smartphones and the nu-web didn't bring us much 
　│　that we didn't already have by the early 2000s - they just consoli-
　│　dated it all into a single device, and turned everything into dumbed-
　│　down "mobile apps" and "web apps"
　│　
　└■Babel Fish perhaps?
　　│
　　└■Babel fish only has an handful of language options available... What if someone
　　　　made a post in a more obscure language, liek serbian for example?
　　　　Make a forum thread and hope someone would translate? (´～`)
　　　　
　　　　I know about online dictionaries, but they don't help with the grammar (most important
　　　　part)