Around the web – October 2023

Here’s your round-up of news, articles, and blog posts about language and translation for October 2023.

• The UK’s Association of Translation Companies (ATC) issued its 2023 Language Services Industry survey and report
• The six ingredients of a good translation

What are the 6 ingredients of a good translation?

• What should you do when your inbox is quiet?
• Lynne Murphy explored American and British English differences relating to fire-fighting
• Can the nuances of a language really be fully translated?

Are the translations of subtitles or dubbing coming from any corner of the globe capable of conveying their full complexity?

• Artificial Intelligence: AI and the future of translation on the CIOL blog; AI and the creative process on JSTOR; 13 International & European Authors’ and Performers’ federations call for a human centric approach to generative AI; Corinne McKay’s opinion on where it’s all headed; Spotify’s plan to quickly translate content using an OpenAI-powered tool created garbled Spanish podcasts …

An image generated using Adobe Firefly with the prompt, “a painting in the style of Bruegel of 15th century people gathering around a computer in a town square.”

• Instagram’s automatic translation mistranslated Palestinian user bios, inserting the word ‘terrorist’
• Decoding accent prejudice
• Can you unlearn a language? And if so, how do you get it back?
• Who would have thought that the part of the brain that helps you choose your morning coffee is also involved in picking out the right term for your target text?

MRI scan of areas of the brain

• Lastly, Simon Berrill wrote a review of the recent MET conference in Mantua, Italy

 

Further reading on the blog:

• Around the web – September 2023
• Around the web – July and August 2023
• October 9th was Hangul Day in South Korea: here are a few facts about the Korean language
• and October 28th was International Creole Day: here are 7 facts about Reunion Creole