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 Content preview:  >>I know from experience that any and all translation programs
    are horrid at translation. >>Furthermore, I don't see any need to include
    more languages into the algorithm. Transliteration *may be* horrid indeed
    (especially in case of Arabic). However, audio recordings can solve this
   issue. The algorithm was chosen to make people from all over the world learn
    words quicker. If so why limit the number of source languages to 6? Russian
    is no longer among first 6. There is probably Bengali or Indonesian instead
    of it. And do those 6 languages really represent the majority of the population
    of the planet? The most trustworthy answer is the following. If adding more
    languages changes the resulting sounding then 6 languages are not enough.
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>>I know from experience that any and all translation programs are horrid at translation.
>>Furthermore, I don't see any need to include more languages into the algorithm.

Transliteration *may be* horrid indeed (especially in case of Arabic). However, audio recordings can solve this issue.
The algorithm was chosen to make people from all over the world learn words quicker.
If so why limit the number of source languages to 6?
Russian is no longer among first 6. There is probably Bengali or Indonesian instead of it.
And do those 6 languages really represent the majority of the population of the planet?
The most trustworthy answer is the following.
If adding more languages changes the resulting sounding then 6 languages are not enough.

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