「翻訳アプリがあるから英語はいらない」は本当？ 機械翻訳の研究が示す“学ぶ意味”

Q1. What happened when the online shopping site used machine translation?

1. AIt sold about 11% more to other countries.
2. BIt stopped selling to other countries.
3. CIt made many mistakes in prices.
4. DIt hired more translators.

helped an online shopping site sell about 11% more to other countries とあるので A。

Q2. What was found in the hospital study?

1. AThe translations were always perfect.
2. BDoctors did not use translation.
3. CTranslated instructions sometimes had serious mistakes.
4. DPatients did not read the instructions.

translated instructions sometimes had serious mistakes とあるので C。

Q3. What does the writer say about translation apps?

1. AThey should replace learning English.
2. BThey are useless.
3. CThey work only in hospitals.
4. DThey should be used to check your own English.

Use translation apps to check your own English, not to replace it. とあるので D。

Q1. What does the 11% increase in exports show?

1. AMachine translation is always wrong.
2. BLanguage barriers had been blocking trade.
3. CPeople prefer shopping in their own country.
4. DTranslation apps are too expensive.

showing how much language barriers had been blocking trade とあるので B。

Q2. How did the Korean students use machine translation?

1. AThey translated by themselves first and then compared their work with it.
2. BThey copied the machine translation directly.
3. CThey used it only for Chinese.
4. DThey never used it.

first translated texts into English by themselves and then compared their work with machine translation とあるので A。

Q3. What is the writer's main message?

1. AMachine translation should be banned in schools.
2. BLearning English is no longer necessary.
3. CTranslation tools are most useful when they support, not replace, language learning.
4. DSpanish is easier to translate than English.

最終文 translation tools can support learning rather than replace it と一致するので C。

Q1. According to Brynjolfsson and colleagues, why did exports rise?

1. ABecause products became cheaper
2. BBecause more people learned English
3. CBecause the cost of crossing language barriers fell
4. DBecause the marketplace hired translators

found the gain consistent with one change: crossing a language barrier had become cheaper とあるので C。

Q2. What caution does the author add about the 2019 hospital study?

1. AIt evaluated older technology, but checking high-stakes translations is still necessary.
2. BIt included only Spanish speakers.
3. CIt found that all translations were harmful.
4. DIt was conducted by a translation company.

That test used an earlier generation of technology ... But someone still has to check a translation when the stakes are high とあるので A。

Q3. Which statement would the author most likely agree with?

1. ATranslation software can fully replace human language skills.
2. BMachine translation has no economic value.
3. CStudents should never use translation tools.
4. DLanguage knowledge is needed to notice when a translation is wrong.

spotting an error takes knowledge of the language とあるので D。