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Humor and Translation: Biased Artificial Intelligence
Every language is a cluster of dialects. And even when two people speak the same dialect (that is, employ the same grammar and vocabulary), they can differ in pronunciation, speech rhythm, and speech speed, and even vary their speech to a considerable extent depending on the social situation in which they find themselves. So, how does artificial intelligence (AI) cope with these variations? The short answer is that, as of now, it doesn’t.
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Humor and Translation: Artificial Intelligence and Literary Translation
Even at its current stage of development, artificial intelligence (AI) can rapidly produce massive amounts of translated material, including material falling into the broad category of “literature.” But can AI, in the absence of human intervention, now actually produce anything to rival the work of a competent human translator? The answer, as determined after reading two articles in a recent issue of Translation Review, is no.
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ATA Offers Language Access Cards for LEP Individuals
Exercise the right to language access! ATA offers Language Access Cards that limited-English-proficient individuals can present in settings like hospitals and courtrooms to request assistance in their language and to prompt language services providers for assistance with language access resources.
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Humor and Translation: Algospeak
Algorithms are a major force for the creation and spread of new language while simultaneously serving as a (perhaps minor) gatekeeper hindering linguistic change. The result over the long term is, as always, unpredictable.
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Humor and Translation: Foreignization and Domestication
This column considers foreignization and domestication discussed in two articles in a recent issue of Translation Review. Almost all actual translations employ some combination of the two. At their most extreme, foreignization means not translating at all, and domestication means changing the source so extensively that falsification results.
