Week 6 Feb 16, 18

Week 6 to-read-list
1. Google Guide
2. Web search strategy

We are supposed to produce a movie using Windows Movie Maker and I decided to make a slideshow of the photos from my Korea trip way back in 2006. A younger, slimmer looking me with cheesy poses and weird photos. I tried to use different effects and transitions just to showcase them. And I sure hope that the colours match the music. Go on a trippy adventure with my embarrassing photos! So, enjoy laughing at me while I bury myself with shame and more shame.



Also, we are supposed to choose a Google online tool as well and I choose.... Google Language Tools! This is such a useful tool for me, especially when I am looking at clothes online at Japanese websites. By the way, Japanese have the best clothes to buy online, although it is not such a good idea to buy now with the ridiculous yen exchange rate.

Anyway, back to Google Language Tools. Although it is a pretty useful tool, it is not infallible. Just a simple test will show you why. Translate anything from English into another language, and translate it back into English. Chances are that the results will come out different, even if you didn't change anything! And if you are bi- or multi-lingual, sometimes the results of the translation will amuse you. This just proves that language is an art, with all its nuances and different usage and context that is difficult for computers (science) to deal with. Human beings are not obsolete yet!!! =D

That being said, Google Language Tools is still extremely cool. Where else will you get to see seldom used languages such as Pig Latin (no, not used by pigs but an ancient language), Hebrew and even one called Bork! Bork! Bork!... I am a linguistic person, so this tool fascinates me.