‘It gets more and more confused’: can AI replace translators? | Books
aAs anyone who has pointed their phone's camera at a foreign menu recently knows, machine translation has come a long way since the early days of Google Translate. While the usefulness of AI-assisted translation in these situations is unquestionable, the proposed use of AI in literary translation is even more controversial. Dutch publisher Veen Bosch […]
Translators must be fluent in at least two languages and interpret written texts
Language translators and interpreters play a vital role in helping people who speak different languages connect. These two professions are very similar, but not exactly the same. According to the American Translators Association, language translators work with written texts and interpreters work with spoken language. Want to learn a new language? Here are some tips […]
Ex-Shohei Ohtani translator’s alleged $17M theft inspires TV show
A live-action drama based on the gambling scandal of Shohei Otani’s former translator, Ippei Mizuhara, is about to be released into theaters. Lionsgate Television is producing a scripted series about an absurd situation involving baseball’s biggest star, and one of his closest friends tries to cover an alleged gambling debt with a California bookie. has […]
Did Bible Translators Diminish the Role of Female Apostles?
A female pastor and author has come under fire for claiming that Bible translators diminish the role of female leaders such as apostles, deacons, and pastors in the Bible. Ashley Wilkerson, senior co-pastor of Pacific Coast Church in Tacoma, Wash., which she leads with her husband John Fulton Wilkerson, spoke at a women’s conference held […]
AI replaces ‘woke’ TV translators in Japanese art, sparking online debate
Western TV and anime localizers have recently come under fire for inserting “woke” languages into English dubs that aren't present in the originals, and some companies are using artificial intelligence (AI) as a way to limit human intervention. ) or eliminate artificial intelligence altogether. AI is already being used in industry. On December 21st, the […]