Humans still beat machines when it comes to literary translation

Episode 260 November 09, 2022 00:04:48
Humans still beat machines when it comes to literary translation
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Humans still beat machines when it comes to literary translation

Nov 09 2022 | 00:04:48

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Eddie Arrieta

Show Notes

You wouldn’t use Google Translate to churn out an English-language (or any language, for that matter) version of a novel like Gabriel García Márquez’s Cien años de soledad — or would you?

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