We can say that AI or artificial intelligence and Chatgtb are keywords in 2023. We can find AI anywhere – in marketing, finance, recruiting, you name it! Chatgtb bots are used to write your content, interview people or even detect fraud.
What about translation and interpreting? Is it used? Of course! Will it replace translators and interpreters entirely? They will definitely not, and let us, from CAT Translation Language Studio, explain why.
I would like to thank Bridget G. Hylak, Chief Industry Strategist and Language Tech Consultant, for allowing me to share this example with you here in this article. During the conference organized by TechForword, she emphasized so many examples of AI translation gone wrong, but I believe this one hits the most. Facebook translated ‘good morning’ into ‘attack them’, leading to the arrest of an innocent man. This is how frightening AI translation can get.
- Medical translation and medical interpreting: unfortunately, there were many cases where AI translation failed to give a correct translation, sometimes even a very incorrect one. According to the paper ‘Use of Google Translate in medical communication: evaluation of accuracy’ depending on the language, it’s only from around 7% to less than 60% correct. The biggest error it gave was when “Your child is fitting” was translated in Swahili to “Your child is dead.”
- When it comes to community interpreting, this is proof of why it cannot be left to AI – AI translation has jeopardized Afghan asylum claims and you can read all about it in this news article.
This is why you need to contact CAT Translation Language Studio and get your translation and interpretation done professionally.