Can the metaverse be translated?
The gurus of the technological world seem to coincide in one idea: the future of Internet, and also of our lives, is in the metaverse, that virtual world that, through the use of avatars, will allow us to move and relate in a new dimension, a dimension that will move between reality and fiction, the material and the incorporeal.
But if we get more concise, there’s no choice but to wonder: what exactly is the metaverse? What does it consist of? When will it come into our lives? what language will it be spoken there? How will we translate your content? In this post we are going to go step by step answering these unknowns.
What is the Metaverse?
A simple definition: The Metaverse will be a virtual world in which we will immerse ourselves through certain electronic devices and applications. All the examples of Metaverse that have so far have been used have used virtual reality glasses as a tool to enter it.
The Metaverse aspires to be a kind of alternative reality to the world we know and live in, a space where we can do things similar to those we do today, but without having to leave our house. In other words: the goal is to reduce the line that separates the physical world from the virtual.
So far, the technology company that has opted the most for the development of the Metaverse has been Metaverse (formerly Facebook). The company led by Mark Zuckerberg wants to be the first to market a complex and highly developed metaverse.
However, it is essential to take into account an idea: there is still a long time, work and technological innovations to build the metaverse that Zuckerberg wants. The Metaverse is still in its initial stages of creation, and it is not even known for sure if it will ever exist.
New currencies and new languages?
Facebook poses the Metaverse as a space where a economy New, where companies will be founded, where it will be possible to buy objects and services and where jobs will be created exclusively related to what happens within this reality.
With this in mind, many people wonder if the Metaverse will have a new currency and even a new language from which its inhabitants communicate with each other.
To tell the truth, it is difficult to predict if all this will happen in the future. For the moment, what we can know is that, if it were to be executed, an even more global and rapid exchange of information would take place in the metaverse. Therefore, in the Metaverse an effective, accurate and fast translation of the messages that are sent and received will be essential.
Professional translation versus artificial intelligence
As we have just mentioned, the application of the Metaverse means the launch of a lot of information in a multitude of languages. But for the new virtual reality to work properly, a translation and a location adapted to each user of the Metaverse.
We have talked about the term “location”, but what is its meaning? Very simple: Localization is the translation of some cultural standards to others. That is to say, to bring the sale of a service from Spain to, let’s say, Norway, it will not only be necessary to translate the contents of one language to another, but it will also be essential to adapt the graphics, the colors used, the messages, the slogans used. This is what location is.
For the metaverse, then, it will be necessary to conjugate location and translation. Both disciplines, united, will be required to adapt the Metaverse to all possible cultures and languages. In this way, the Professional translation It will play a vital role in the metaverse to come.
Faced with these postulates, Zuckerberg wants to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to build a universal translator that translates a multitude of languages in the most efficient and fast way possible. The CEO of Facebook aspires to create an instant translator that allows us to communicate with people from all over the world at the moment.
However, and although AI can be very useful at certain times, human-made translations still continue to be more reliable, accurate and adequate than those made by machines.
Everything seems to indicate that the translation of the metaverse will be put in the hands of an AI, but for it to work in the best possible way, it will be recommended that it be supervised by professional translators that they know in depth the languages and cultures of destination.
