February 14, 2026 | Benjamin Daniel
They are in love but don’t speak the same language
Per Urlaub, director of MIT’s Global Languages program, spoke with The New York Times about translator apps and their impact on a unique relationship in which a married couple doesn’t speak each other’s language.“These translation apps struggle with a lot of things like metaphors, sense of humor, tone register, cultural references,” he says.
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