As AI Translation Advances, Experts Caution Against Losing Nuance and Intercultural Connections
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AI translation tools are rapidly improving and becoming more ubiquitous, while foreign language education is declining. This may erode intercultural connections.
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Machine translation struggles to capture nuances and cultural contexts the way human translation can.
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AI voice and video generation tools allow creating synthetic translations that can mislead people about a speaker's actual language abilities.
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There are concerns about AI translation being perceived as neutral when it brings its own perspectives on converting text across languages.
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Rather than seeing AI as replacing language learning, education should shift to stressing cultural competency within language courses.