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Poll: Does relying on real-time AI translation erode our cognitive skills?
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Jennifer Levey
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How the heck would I know ... Oct 9

... if I do not, and will not, as a matter of principle, "rely on real-time AI translation" for anything?
JL

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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Thayenga
Christine Andersen
Maria Laura Curzi
Philip Lees
 
Thayenga
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Relying on AI? Oct 9

Not even in my most audacious dreams would I even consider such a foolishness.

Customers even explicitly ask for human translations and will not accept any MT products. If I'm not mistaken, then AI is not human.

Btw. has anybody noticed that this is yet another AI related question? Taking the chance of repeating myself, how boring.

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Maria Laura Curzi
Carmen Valentin-Rodriguez
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Charlie Bavington
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Poll suggestion Oct 9

Does reading Proz poll questions erode our will to live?

Answers:
a) Yes
b) Yes, only more so.

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Jennifer Levey
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Rob Grayson
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Maria Laura Curzi
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Other Oct 9

I don’t want to skip the mental effort and for the moment I don’t need to free up brainpower.

brain

Jennifer Levey
Angus Stewart
Philip Lees
 
Hipyan Nopri
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A discussion partner, not a replacement Oct 9

I voted for the fourth option.

In my own experience, the effect depends largely on how the tool is used.

If AI output is accepted without question, I can see how a translator’s skills might gradually weaken.

However, when I treat AI as a discussion partner, questioning its suggestions, checking terminology against reliable sources, and weighing alternative renderings, I find that it actually sharpens my critical thinking and broadens my knowledge.
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I voted for the fourth option.

In my own experience, the effect depends largely on how the tool is used.

If AI output is accepted without question, I can see how a translator’s skills might gradually weaken.

However, when I treat AI as a discussion partner, questioning its suggestions, checking terminology against reliable sources, and weighing alternative renderings, I find that it actually sharpens my critical thinking and broadens my knowledge.

I also compare the output of two different AI tools, since each has its own strengths and weaknesses.

Sometimes one offers the better rendering or term, and sometimes the other does, so I still have to evaluate both and decide for myself.

In the end, the responsibility for every word and every decision remains with the translator, and I believe that is exactly where it should stay. ▲ Collapse


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