A Must-Read NLP Tutorial on Neural Machine Translation – The Technique Powering Google Translate
Introduction
“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.” – Nelson Mandela
The beauty of language transcends boundaries and cultures. Learning a language other than our mother tongue is a huge advantage. But the path to bilingualism, or multilingualism, can often be a long, never-ending one.
There are so many little nuances that we get lost in the sea of words. Things have, however, become so much easier with online translation services (I’m looking at you Google Translate!).
I have always wanted to learn a language other than English. I tried my hand at learning German (or Deutsch), back in 2014. It was both fun and challenging. I had to eventually quit but I harboured a desire to start again.
Fast-forward to 2019, I am fortunate to be able