However, the problem with machine translation is that a machine is only a machine. It matches components and follows rules. It doesn’t actually know what it’s talking about.
(Here, I’m addressing only the functional aspects of language, not aesthetics. To be sure, a machine cannot assess whether a sentence sounds good or bad. A machine is also incapable of managing nuance, subtext, symbolism or wordplay; it cannot control mood or tone; a machine cannot write poetry.)