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Article #131Re: universal written language - a protocol for machine translation
From: John Woodgate
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 00:00
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 00:00
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<7flnedn9rq.fsf@faith.csis.hku.hk>, Lee Sau Dan ~{@nJX6X~}
<sdlee@faith.csis.hku.hk> inimitably wrote:
>The same set of symbols could also mean:
>
> 1) Will you go to the store?
> 2) Do you own the store?
> 3) Do you like the store?
> 4) Have you ever bought anything from that store?
> 5) Do you hate the store?
> 6) Are you a supplier of goods to that store?
> 7) Do you live in that store?
> 8) Do you know the store?
> ...
But you can write all these in Chinese characters, which have less
information content that colour pictograms could have. Mike's proposal
was certainly simplistic but that does not invalidate the concept.
--
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