# Any reason I shouldn't put these universal translators on the market?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 29, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-reason-i-shouldnt-put-these-universal-translators-on-the-market/580196 "2011-04-29T19:01:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![code\_grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@code\_grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/code_grey)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-reason-i-shouldnt-put-these-universal-translators-on-the-market/580196/21 "2011-04-30T22:49:08Z")

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I think the Japanese translation functionality would be most significant. They have the most money and fairly poor English skills. So they will pay a lot more for gadgets for their engineers and execs than any 3rd world hell-hole intent on battling with India for call center supremacy.

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**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-reason-i-shouldnt-put-these-universal-translators-on-the-market/580196/22 "2011-04-30T22:51:58Z")

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> [@code\_grey](#):
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> I think the Japanese translation functionality would be most significant. They have the most money and fairly poor English skills. So they will pay a lot more for gadgets for their engineers and execs than any 3rd world hell-hole intent on battling with India for call center supremacy.

Oh, don’t be so anglocentric. Maybe Americans have poor Japanese skills, ever think of that?

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