Bibliolater 📚📜🖋📐 on Nostr: 🔴 🇳🇱 📚 Dutch publisher to use AI to translate ‘limited number of ...
🔴 🇳🇱 📚 Dutch publisher to use AI to translate ‘limited number of books’ into English
“Taking the translator out of the loop opens the door to incorrect or misleading translations that will serve readers poorly,” said David McKay, a literary translator who translates from Dutch into English. He added that while it is understandable that publishers want to use new technologies to “increase their efficiency”, VBK’s plans “sound very reckless”.
🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/04/dutch-publisher-to-use-ai-to-translate-books-into-english-veen-bosch-keuning-artificial-intelligence
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“Taking the translator out of the loop opens the door to incorrect or misleading translations that will serve readers poorly,” said David McKay, a literary translator who translates from Dutch into English. He added that while it is understandable that publishers want to use new technologies to “increase their efficiency”, VBK’s plans “sound very reckless”.
🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/04/dutch-publisher-to-use-ai-to-translate-books-into-english-veen-bosch-keuning-artificial-intelligence
#Bookstodon #Books #Publishing #Translation #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Dutch #Netherlands #Europe npub1kt3hutklgrma64ykjwk4trxq9rtyfnxhkjz729g4pd9xl7hzhrjse75004 (npub1kt3…5004) npub1q8m9f0f3mcmnu3x6a45y90hctvylk9g5uh4f7z9lsm6l7ny0sr3q4u4c67 (npub1q8m…4c67)