I think that the language problem is not what we have to resolve first.

However it is the problem which might best attract EU funding.  I don't see a problem with different sub communities being created who converse primarily in their mother tongues provided there are at least 90% accurate translation engines around to make those conversations at least partly accessible to others, and particularly to people who have some, but not sufficient capability in a particular language without some translation support.

This will help create more dialogue between otherwise diverse linguistic sub-groups who at the moment have no means of interacting meaningfully on-line.   Just becuase we don't have a 100% solution doesn't mean that an 80-90% solution shouldn't be attempted, particularly if bridging the remaining 10% communication gap requires human effort and creates better linguisitic skills, social interaction, and sense of shared effort.

What we are proposing is to create an infrastructure capable of supporting enhanced dialogue between peopl with different primary languages.  The infrastructure itself will never be a substitute for people making the mutual effort to understand each other better.

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