{"id":9092,"date":"2023-11-07T19:03:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T19:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myamplelife.com\/?p=9092"},"modified":"2023-11-08T20:15:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T20:15:15","slug":"lost-in-translation-83-quantum-ml","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myamplelife.com\/wp\/2023\/11\/lost-in-translation-83-quantum-ml\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost in Translation. 83. Quantum ML."},"content":{"rendered":"

In my previous post The Vedic in Me<\/a> I expressed disappointment in the error made by Borges<\/strong> in the story of Uloopi<\/em>. I was really happy to receive this email from Claudio Gomes<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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Hello, I have an interesting discovery!<\/p>\n

I actually was surprised by this and went to check on the original text (in Spanish). It appears to be a translation error!<\/p>\n

In the original text, from\u00a0Manual de Zoologia Fant\u00e1stica<\/em>:<\/p>\n

“Arjuna, en uno de los libros del Mahabharata, es requerido por Ulupi, hija de un rey naga, y quiere hacer valer su voto de castidad; la doncella le recuerda que su deber es socorrer a los infelices; y el h\u00e9roe le concede una noche.”<\/p>\n

Ulupi, here, is correctly referred as the daughter of a Naga king (hija de um rey naga<\/em>), and Arjuna is referred as a (male) hero (el h\u00e9roe<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, many non-english books don’t get high-quality translations.<\/p>\n

Have a great weekend!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This reminded me of the movie:<\/p>\n

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Lost in Translation<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is a 2003\u00a0romantic\u00a0comedy-drama\u00a0film written and directed by\u00a0Sofia Coppola<\/strong>.\u00a0Bill Murray<\/strong>\u00a0stars as Bob Harris, a fading American movie star who is having a\u00a0midlife crisis\u00a0when he travels to\u00a0Tokyo\u00a0to promote\u00a0Suntory\u00a0whisky. Lost in Translation<\/em>\u00a0premiered on August 29, 2003, at the\u00a0Telluride Film Festival<\/em>. At the 76th Academy Awards,\u00a0Lost in Translation<\/em>\u00a0won Coppola\u00a0Best Original Screenplay, and the film was also nominated for\u00a0Best Picture,\u00a0Best Director\u00a0(Coppola), and\u00a0Best Actor\u00a0(Murray).\u00a0It had a box office receipts over $118 million on a budget of $4 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As you know from Planes, Trains and Automobiles<\/a>, I like Telluride Film Festival<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Last weekend was the ICC Final<\/del> game between India<\/em> and South Africa<\/em>. It was a treat to watch (live on ESPN+). Not quite the excitement many of us had in 1983 \u2013 when we were undergraduates at IIT-Madras<\/em> \u2013 when India surprised everyone by winning the whole thing! (Thanks Siddharth Singh<\/strong> for pointing out that the game last weekend was not<\/em> the Final.)<\/p>\n

Like in Mbappe v Messi<\/a>, I have taken the opportunity to think about movies (and my own professional career) over the last 40 years. Here is a feel-good movie about the 1983 World Cup:<\/p>\n

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83<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is a 2021 Indian\u00a0Hindi-language\u00a0biographical\u00a0sports drama film\u00a0written and directed by\u00a0Kabir Khan\u00a0and produced by\u00a0Deepika Padukone, Kabir Khan,\u00a0Vishnu Vardhan Induri,\u00a0Sajid Nadiadwala,\u00a0and Reliance Entertainment. At the\u00a067th Filmfare Awards,\u00a083<\/em>\u00a0received 14 nominations, including\u00a0Best Director\u00a0(Khan),\u00a0Best Supporting Actor\u00a0(Tripathi) and\u00a0Best Male Playback Singer\u00a0(Arijit Singh for “Lehra Do”), and won 2 awards \u2013\u00a0Best Actor (Ranveer Singh) and\u00a0Best Lyricist\u00a0(Munir for “Lehra Do”).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As I was finalizing this short post, I received an email that our paper on Quantum Machine Learning<\/em><\/a> (see 2021 Tayur Prize<\/a>) has been accepted for publication!<\/p>\n

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