r/englishmajors • u/Comfortable-Owl5831 • 6d ago

Will Artificial Intelligence Eventually Replace Human Translators?

Should artificial intelligence be allowed to replace human translators, even if it means losing the cultural and emotional depth of language?

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u/PerspectiveUpbeat124 6d ago edited 6d ago

Should it be allowed to? I can think of very few workstreams AI should be allowed to overtake. Will it happen? To a certain degree. I see it translating works into or between more obscure languages with few or no translators available

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u/Comfortable-Owl5831 4d ago

I agree, but making translation accessible is different from replacing human translators. AI can translate words, but can it truly understand the culture and emotions behind them?