Are robots replacing us? For translators, this prospect is quite realistic. Though machine translation can be useful with simple and direct text, it still has a lot to catch up on to eliminate language barriers and understand subtle meanings. Publishing across languages on today’s Standard Time episode.
‘‘Post-editing’ is the jargon EU translators use for revising machine-translated texts, which has become a crucial part of the job. Much of the profession has been outsourced to a gig economy promising faster and more efficient methods, but leading to exploitation.
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Who killed the EU’s translators? by Gregorio Sorgi and Federica de Sario, Politico.
The Ethos on Outsourcing and Offshoring: A Look at Labour Standards, Intogreat.
Why You Should Outsource Translation Services by Gabriel Fairman, Bureau Works.
The Future of Translation: How AI is Changing the Game by Thibault Carrier, Linkedin.
Will AI Replace Human Translators? by Toni Andrews, itit translates.
Will AI translation technology replace translators? by Maria Schnell, RWS.
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