Over a decade ago, I had a male colleague who reduced Lovelace's contributions to computing as "oh she just translated stuff."
Given the respect Babbage had for Lovelace she did more than that.
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Over a decade ago, I had a male colleague who reduced Lovelace's contributions to computing as "oh she just translated stuff."
Given the respect Babbage had for Lovelace she did more than that.
Of course the other crime in that colleagues statement was insinuating that translations bring nothing to the table.
Lovelace's translations and notes were longer than the lectures. She made those lectures accessible to non Italian speakers and also took pains to explain the concepts.
Translation is important labour, I've been a member of quite a few communities where translation and the sharing of culture and concepts must be a human endeavour.