2006-09-27 13:18:44 · 17 answers · asked by dmenase24 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
There have been several attempts to create one, one of the most recent being Esperanto (look it up in Yahoo search!). None of them ever really caught on.
There are, in fact, many concepts and ideas in each language that do NOT translate well to other languages. These are often cultural idioms that simply don't exist in other cultures and the languages they use. It's easy to do translations with regard to business, technical things, and government -- since these have mostly common traits and usages in every culture...but much more difficult to translate are words that cover feelings and ideas, some of which are peculiar to each culture.
2006-09-27 13:22:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sign Language
2006-09-27 20:46:25 · answer #2 · answered by Justwondering 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I was a kid, I remember someone mentioning Esperanto. I do not know if that language existed at any time. The universal language in today's world would be facial language. It does not take much to translate a facial expression. Think of laughter, smiles, anger or disgust and you know what I mean.
On a serious note, Most languages started from one root language, I think the Indo-Aryan language was it. Many european languages share common words. The explosion of the computer era spawned many universally recognised common computer words.
Maybe we are closer to a common language than ever before.
2006-09-27 20:27:09 · answer #3 · answered by angstrom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the book "The Third Chimpanzee", the author makes the case that certain elements of language are biologically ingrained. He uses the example of double negatives. In English, a double negative is a positive ("I'm not _not_ going to the store" is roughly "I'm going to the store"). However, in many languages, a double negative strengthens it, which also appears in slang English ("I ain't going nowhere"). Children first learning English also commonly make this mistake.
Anyway, so even if there isn't a universal language, perhaps there are certain grammatical elements that are more natural to humans. As for language always being translated, well, language is a symbolic representation of reality, and the realities of all humans have a lot of commonality.
2006-09-27 20:30:16 · answer #4 · answered by random6x7 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sign language
2006-09-27 20:36:38 · answer #5 · answered by NiK* 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Music, mathematics, acts of kindness are all universal languages
2006-09-27 20:21:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
english is the universal language... you dont have to translate coz most of the people understand it
2006-09-27 20:22:41 · answer #7 · answered by jen jo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ITS CALLED BINARY CODE, 8 BITS = A BYTE, A BYTE IS REPRESENTED BY A CHARACTER LETTER OR SYMBOL, THE ABSENCE OR PRESENCE OF AN ELECTRONIC STATE
0'S AND 1'S....ANALOG IS THE PROCESS THAT BINARY CODE IS TRANSLATED SO WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO READ OR WRITE .
GOOD LUCK AND GODS SPEED
2006-09-27 20:23:04 · answer #8 · answered by happyteague 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
music my friend...any one can move to a beat and get a tonality from the way something sounds...except maybe alot of my generation of american teens. Damn rap...
2006-09-27 20:28:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
most common language is english. a wave, braille, and smile are known everywhere.
2006-09-27 20:21:59 · answer #10 · answered by :)<3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋