I think the point here is that, while such a translation wouldn't be admissible in court, many of us already used machine translation to read some legal agreement in a language we don't know.

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fao_ 5 days ago | parent [-]

> many of us already used machine translation to read some legal agreement in a language we don't know.

Have we? Most of us? Really? When?

	▲	int_19h 4 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Most people don't have to deal with documents in foreign languages in the first place. But for those that do, yes, machine translation use is widespread if only as a first pass.
	▲	GTP 5 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I know I did for rent contracts and know other people that did the same. And I said many, not most.