Think Twice Before Using Translation Programs
 My daughter began college exactly 10 years after we moved to America from Germany. When we first moved here, she still spoke fluent German and had a summer to learn English before school started in the fall. Ten years, apparently, was enough time to completely forget almost every bit of German she learned at such an early age.
Not realizing just how much of her native tongue no longer knew, I tried to pressure her into taking another language in college so that she could gain valuable knowledge of other cultures and languages. She decided to take German instead of following my advice.
During the second semester of her freshman year, I received a frantic phone call.
"Mom"! I need your help! My final paper is due tomorrow for German, and I don't think it's saying what I want it to say. Are you really busy? Can I e-mail it to you to take a look?"
Of course I said yes.
Five minutes later, her paper was in my inbox ready to be proofread. Little did I realize how much she had forgotten...
I called my daughter back, and I asked her one simple question, "Have you forgotten everything of your German?"
To my horror (not only as a mother but also as the CEO of a translation company), I hear my daughter say, "I used an online translator for the words I didn't know."
I went silent. My own flesh and blood...
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