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by kstrauser 931 days ago
I agree. Here it's being used like a translation app: convert English into the shell language. That's all well and good for a place you're going to visit a couple of times, but if you plan on living there, you need to learn the local language.
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Being able to use a tool akin to Google translate is a fantastic boon to language learning though.
Absolutely! It’s a fantastic learning cool, but not a substitute for actual learning.