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How can I say "That technology is obsolete" in Korean?
I haven't found a good translation in any dictionary, and my Korean friends say I should use "그 테크놀로지는 더 이상 사용되지 않습니다".
That essentially means "That technology should not be used any more", and is much too different in meaning than simply stating the technology is obsolete.
"obsolete" is defined as "no longer used because something newer exists".
사용되지 않다 means "is not used", not "should not used". "더 이상 사용되지 않다" therefore means "no longer used anymore".
There's also 구식이다, 한물가다, 노후되다, etc. 노후되다 "old, decrepit" is the best one-word translation for a technology in my opinion, but it lacks the "not longer used" meaning. 더 이상 사용되지 않다 or 더 이상 쓰이지 않다 is the best translation of "obsolete" for me too.
My translation is
그 기술은 더 이상 사용되지 않습니다.
or
더 이상 사용되지 않는 기술입니다. (more natural in my opinion)
The literal translation of "그 테크놀로지는 더 이상 사용되지 않습니다." is
The technology is no longer utilized (in use).
If that's what you are trying to mean by using 'obsolete', you can say
그 기술은 더이상 최신 (the newest) 기술이 아닙니다. (literally) The technology is no longer the latest (newest) technology.
You can use '구식의', '오래된', '더 이상 쓸모가 없는', etc. for 'obsolete', but using '최신이 아닌 (not the newest)' sounds more idiomatic. However, "그 기술은 더이상 최신이 아닌 기술입니다" sounds less natural than the sentence above.
