Essay


The Illusion of Cross-Language Understanding?

With the widespread adoption of large language models (LLMs), cross-language communication has become easier and more efficient than ever. Their powerful translation capabilities seem to have broken down language barriers, enabling people from different linguistic backgrounds to communicate instantly. However, does this convenience truly foster deeper cultural understanding, or is it causing our cross-language abilities to decline, leading to increasingly superficial exchanges?

Winters of Change

Winter, the year’s final breath, arrives with its shortest days, but for a child, it never means a shortage of joy—especially when the world is wrapped in a soft, white blanket of snow. I remember...