Apr 30

Machine translation and generative AI (part 3): use cases

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What happened so far… In the two previous posts, I took a closer look at the advantages and disadvantages of machine translation—some of it in great detail! (Again congratulations to all who read the whole second post of this series!) Now that we know more about the positive and potentially problematic aspects of machine translation […]

Mar 26

Machine translation and generative AI (part 2): disadvantages

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The disadvantages of machine translation In my February post I gave you a short introduction to machine translation and generative AI (Artificial Intelligence) in translation. And I talked a bit about their distinct advantages since they have by now become important tools in our ever more connected world. In this month’s post, I would like […]

Feb 28

Machine translation and generative AI (part 1): advantages

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DeepL, Skype interpreting and friends Current advertising of the big tech giants are trying to make us believe that the era of human translators has come to an end. Did you know that scientists and engineers in the area have been making the claim that machines will soon replace human translators since the 1960s? But […]