Maybe the snail lives very close by, but has to request PTO 2 months in advance.

In the second scenario, there is no “native speaker” that is telling you what to write. There is a list of instructions that you are following that is the same as the instructions that the computer was following with the first scenario.

The argument is that if, by following the exact instructions that the computer is following, you still do not understand the Chinese conversation, why would you say that the machine understands?

I haven’t thought about the idea enough to say I agree or disagree, but I hope I understood your comment and that the explanation helps.

Transformation, I assumed.

What search engine do you use that respects that type of search now? I’ve found that for years now Google just ignores the -pop or sometimes just ignores the “-“ and adds the thing I’m trying to avoid directly to the search query.