🔴 🇳🇱 📚 Dutch publisher to use AI to translate ‘limited number of books’ into English
“Taking the translator out of the loop opens the door to incorrect or misleading translations that will serve readers poorly,” said David McKay, a literary translator who translates from Dutch into English. He added that while it is understandable that publishers want to use new technologies to “increase their efficiency”, VBK’s plans “sound very reckless”.
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It's a shame they don't indicate what books are in the offing.
If the works being translated are of the calibre of romance novels, then it's understandable that the publishers might care more about the speed and cost of production, rather than achieving the highest level of translation.
I have not been able to find out which books are in the offering.
