A Dutch publisher has announced that it will use AI to translate some of its books – but those in the industry are worried about the consequences if this becomes the norm

A Dutch publisher has announced that it will use AI to translate some of its books – but those in the industry are worried about the consequences if this becomes the norm.

and so it begins…

  • flashgnash@lemm.ee
    9·
    2 years ago

    Fact of the matter is that it will become the norm m because cheap > quality in our system

  • Kissaki@beehaw.orgEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    I’m playing the free hexceed, which - I have to assume - has an automated translation to German.

    The exit button is labeled “Ausfahrt”. Which means road exit, not program exit. German has different words for them.

    I found it very funny. Seeing the program leave as a road exit. But as a translation it’s bad of course.

    • 14th_cylon@lemm.eeOP
      8·
      2 years ago

      i see an issue with technical manuals as well. i am not native english speaker and whenever some android app decides to machine translate itself to my native language, it is a fucking disaster. some words can be translated in multiple ways depending on context and guess what is missing when translating stuff like app menus? that’s right.