It is said that travel broadens the mind. What can we learn by travelling to other countries? Should we first explore our own countries? Discuss.

Sample 1:

Translation applications on the Internet are in widespread use these days. While there are some downsides to this trend, I believe its upsides are more significant.

Admittedly, online translation apps are not without their shortcomings. The most significant one is inaccuracies in interpretation. Because human languages are complex in nature, both from cultural and technical aspects, online translation tools often fail to account for cultural and linguistic nuances such as slang terms, jargon, and other similar culture-specific expressions. As a result, users many experience misunderstandings and possibly cause offence. Another negative implication is overdependence among language learners. Instant access to online translation applications such as Google Translate tempts the language learner to over-rely on them for learning purposes. This, in turn, creates a sense of complacency, creating a generation of incompetent language learners.

Despite the possible issues with frequent use of online translation apps, I share the view that these tools are beneficial. Convenience is the most immediate benefit of translation apps seeing as they save the user time and money. Google Translate, for instance, allows people to translate into over hundred languages instantly and at no cost. Thanks to this interpretation tool, people from all walks of life are more productive in their day-to-day business. From a cultural standpoint, translation apps on the web help overcome language barriers. Gone are the days when people avoided interaction with foreigners when travelling or at conferences for fear and embarrassment of poor language skills. Eliminating language barriers, translation apps enabled greater mutual understanding among people of different language backgrounds. Finally, translation apps can serve as a useful educational tool when used wisely. They can provide instant aid to foreign language learners, allowing them to develop better language skills.

In conclusion, the demerits of using online translation apps pale in comparison to their advantages such as convenience, a heightened sense of mutual understanding among people, and an educational help to the language learner.

Sample 2:

Online language translation apps are used by many people these days. I consider these apps to have several beneficial use cases, which overshadow their possible downsides.

Some potential drawbacks of the growing use of online translation tools can be overdependence and loss of interest in language learning. Educators fear that students become over-reliant on translation apps while doing quizzes and translating text and make less effort to learn their target language. In effect, they develop poor language skills, disappointing both the teacher and the student. It is also presumed that widespread use of these apps drives general loss of interest in language learning. As long as these apps work, people will have no incentive to learn another language, be it for academic, professional or travelling purposes, which would add to global cultural gap. Additionally, these apps can sometimes be inaccurate: they fail to account for linguistic nuances such cultural references, tone, and context, which can cause misunderstanding between speakers.

The benefits of online translation apps are, to my mind, more significant. To educators’ relief, these apps, in fact, aid students in language learning as they make use of them to examine their interpretation skills and supplement their studies with foreign materials such as books and documentaries. This not only liberates the teacher from some of their responsibilities such as proofing students’ work, but it also maximizes learning outcomes. Academicians can also access foreign literature and engage in extensive research, knowledge exchange, and extend their reader reach. Furthermore, these apps help make travel experience less stressful. Availability of these tools means language barriers are no longer an obstacle. For instance, travellers can use Google Translate to read and understand labels and engage in live conversations with locals, ensuring easy navigation and rich travel experience. Finally, employees too benefit from these apps as they can build a direct line of communication with their foreign associates, which is essential to ensuring confidentiality, fostering stronger professional bonds, and making businesses thrive.

In conclusion, despite some possible negatives of online translation apps, I believe their positives in academic, travelling, and professional situations are more consequential.

Sample 3:

The importance and popularity of web-based language translation applications has grown over the past few years due to globalization. People from vastly different geographical zones, educational backgrounds and cultural beliefs are more inclined to use such mobile applications to learn and understand a foreign language.

I strongly agree that its positives of this development outweigh the negatives, and, in this essay, I will discuss this using example of current apps and The Times newspaper.

On the one hand, there is ample evidence that constant access to mobile phones has been immeasurably beneficial to both our social life and business careers. Nowadays, citizens are migrating to different countries in order to build a new future and dealing with overseas companies for business purposes, so learning a second language has become their necessity. Such mobile applications are facilitating them by providing a handy solution to their language barriers.

For example, Play store and Apple app store advertise multiple paid and free to use apps such as Duolingo, Dictionary, Grammarly and Ginger which instantly translate one language into another allowing crucial communication, be it social or commercial to happen seamlessly. Therefore, it is apparent that many key aspects of people’s lives are being made easy through these handy and ready to use solutions.

On the other hand, whether language conversion apps benefit the public or cause potential losses to a key section of the education establishment is also a controversial topic for discussion. A recent study published in The Times newspaper has shown that there has been a significant reduction in demand for bilingual teachers or native language tutors as more people have started using such apps instead of spending money on the specialist tuition required to learn a new tongue.

For an instance, free apps simply require basic registration details and email verification to register then begin, compared to the many hours or even years needed to master an additional language to a proficient level of fluency. As a result, despite the indisputable benefits of learning face to face, talented and experienced professors, translators and interpreters are having to fight to justify their relevance in this new world.

To conclude, I believe that if the situation favours the relatively accurate, easily accessible use of online translation applications, which offer instant and quick solutions they can be hugely beneficial for the community at large and in the future their flexibility and sophistication will continue to be improved.