701 Translator (Electronic Brain Translates Russian Into English)

IBM ^ | January 8, 1954 | IBM press release

[eccentric]

Yes! That's the line I like! But I would have had to play the tape to find it --- and then I would have ended up watching the whole movie. :)

[aculeus]

Keep the faith, Vera Solovieva Fan Club.

Thought: FR needs a Hall of Fame.

[ccmay]

There goes my daughter's job.

Don't worry. Check the date. This was from the early days of computers, back when they were thought of as omniscient thinking machines.

Here we are fifty years later, and BabelFish is still almost unintelligible. No, your daughter has a bright future if she is a translator or interpreter.

-ccm

[Savage Beast]

Ah yes, we are witnessing the end of the Curse of the Tower of Babel.

Just think. If this technology had been available a few decades ago, Teresa wouldn't be cruising around in The Flying Squirrel.

[Savage Beast]

Oops! You're right. Evidently the technology was available.

No one can escape his (or her) fate.

[Leo Carpathian]

Ever tried those computer translators? Hillaryious!

[withteeth]

bttt

This is 'computer history' night on TCM, apparently. Space Odyssey 2001 is on now, and later, War Games.

[general_re]

Thought: FR needs a Hall of Fame.

My humble submission.

[aculeus]

I second your proposal.

[Vor Lady]

I would be better off using my glasses for all that fine print! My daughter's job is seriously secure now.