After attending GALA 2022 this past April, Riteba McCallum was inspired to conduct a survey to determine just how useful professional translators think machine translation is in conducting their day-to-day tasks. Here, she shares the findings of her survey and what she thinks they might mean for the industry.
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By Johan Botha African language service providers don’t need to catch up — they can leap ahead. The author argues that Africa’s specialized language...