You're missing the point here. Learning another language is not only a means of communication but also another way of thinking. For technical purposes it makes no distinction, that's for sure, but the moment you step outside that bare-bones use you will start missing increasingly more and more. I'm a native spanish speaker and I can not imagine my existence not understanding english from heart. Translations can't get anywhere close. So that much, that many translated movies have some lines directly changed to a completely different meaning because the original english one makes absolutely no sense regardless of reformulation, or might even sound hopelessly dumb.
You're missing the point here. Learning another language is not only a means of communication but also another way of thinking. For technical purposes it makes no distinction, that's for sure, but the moment you step outside that bare-bones use you will start missing increasingly more and more. I'm a native spanish speaker and I can not imagine my existence not understanding english from heart. Translations can't get anywhere close. So that much, that many translated movies have some lines directly changed to a completely different meaning because the original english one makes absolutely no sense regardless of reformulation, or might even sound hopelessly dumb.