While humans commonly make mistakes, moral and legal liability are much different.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
For the foreseeable future, AI translators will simply not be accurate enough to take on the more sensitive tasks, and there will likely be considerable pushback against the idea of them ever fully taking over such roles. “But won’t machines eventually be 100% accurate?” you may ask. It is also worth noting that AI machines will likely never be 100% accurate for the reasons we are about to get into:<\/p>\n
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2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Language Changes, Evolves, and Is Often Subjective<\/h2>\n
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Artificial Intelligence thrives in tasks and concepts that are objective and based on a black and white world; however, language is full of nuance and is constantly evolving along with culture. These days, we see new words enter our everyday lives faster than ever. Understanding language to the extent needed for personal interaction (like those required for sales or marketing) will require someone with a nuanced understanding of the language who can understand it just as well as the recipients. For the time being, machines are simply unable to grasp the nuances of conversation and cannot provide the personal touch needed for many forms of human interaction. This leads us nicely into our next point:<\/p>\n
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3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Machines Have Trouble Being Funny<\/h2>\n
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Transcreation is the concept of a translator needing to change or create some aspect of a translation to convey the document’s original meaning properly. For example, if the original document was to have a metaphor or joke that doesn’t make sense in the other language, a skilled translator will use “transcreation” to fix this issue. This often means they will replace what was said with a similar phrase in the new language that has much the same meaning.<\/p>\n
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Without the innuendo, humor, sarcasm, and other devices we use throughout our language (the very human aspects of language), our interaction becomes much more stunted and expressionless. The tone, word choice, and the overall flow of a statement can all play a significant role in how the final product is understood, and it requires a skilled language expert to balance these factors correctly.<\/p>\n
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Will Machine Learning Change the Translation Industry?<\/h1>\n
Automatic translations will likely continue to grow in importance and use and may even find their place in helping facilitate some official translation services, however as this article should have demonstrated, we need to temper our expectations to reality. While machine learning translations are promising, it will be many years before we see the kind of advancements that signal the end for human translators.<\/p>\n
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For now, machines help us travel, make connections, and better understand the broader world around us. Though you may not be using AI for official translation services anytime soon, it is a truly remarkable technology that is making our world a better, more intertwined place.<\/p>\n
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Do You Need a Translator?<\/h1>\n
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