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About the differences between human and machine translation
13 February 2025
Semi-philosophical note
1. Translation is technically sense rendering.
2. Machines are unable to operate senses.
Conclusion: machine translation is no translation.
“Machine translation” is an oxymoron: translation cannot be done by a machine. If it is performed by a machine, it is no translation; if it is performed by a human, it is not machine one.
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Every time you perform post-editing, remember: the author of the text you are working on cannot read, does not speak your language, and has never had any thoughts of their own.
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→ Machine translation does not exist
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