The Kornese Room thought experiment
Imagine 2 rule books are internalised: one answers like a young Korean man, the other like an old Chinese woman. The fact man can't translate from Korean or Chinese is irrelevant to whether the virtual people understand their respective languages.
It's a Korean-Chinese—"Kor-nese"—room. Neither of the 2 virutal people understands the other's language and the internalizing man only understands English.

David Cole, 1991.
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Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3] »Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3]
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The Chinese Room Argument [4] »The Chinese Room Argument [4]
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The Systems Reply »The Systems Reply
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The Internalisation Reply »The Internalisation Reply
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Man understands Chinese but can't translate to English »Man understands Chinese but can't translate to English
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Failure to translate proves failure to understand »Failure to translate proves failure to understand
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A virtual person may understand Chinese »A virtual person may understand Chinese
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The Kornese Room thought experiment
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