Hindi Day was celebrated yesterday, and on the same day Apple unveiled Airports Pro 3. It is a device that has the ability to narrate immediate translation of any language in the ear. English, French or Spanish can be heard in Hindi as soon as a button is pressed. It is a matter of thinking how we will use this Hindi -speaking technology. This is another threat to Hindi, because I believe that social media has already made India talkative and linguistic. This machine can also make our language, literature and thinking superficial.
Airpods will help to communicate between two individuals in special languages. When two people put airpods in their ears and turn on live translation from iPhone, English, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish speakers will be able to listen to the translation of the front language by talking in their languages. This facility will be available in four more languages by the end of the year. Finally Hindi and other Indian languages will also be included.
What will happen to Indian languages and 140 million people? The same thing happened on social media. India is now becoming more hollow in terms of thought, language and literature. Our leaders and governance have tied the country in limited terminology. Social media has covered our thinking within the range of 280 letters. Hindi speakers have almost stopped reading, studying, books and newspapers.
The basis of India’s culture, contemplation, contemplation and studies are now almost over. Now people are speaking only. The number of words used in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speeches in the last eleven years is limited.
There was a time when Jawaharlal Nehru used to read books after government work. Now the libraries are online, but the urge to discover knowledge is decreasing.
Nowadays, people are engaged in chatting and entertainment only. TV channels and social media have made the country talkative. There is only noise in the name of debate.
Social media and machine translation have influenced our language and culture. There is a shortage of stories in Hindi.
Technology is also influenced in other countries, but India’s situation is different. People there still read books and discover knowledge.
India has lost its cultural heritage. People are only speaking and have become dependent on the mobile screen. The technology of airpods will make our language even more limited.
