{"id":210589,"date":"2026-05-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/being-human-helps-despite-rise-of-ai-is-there-still-hope-for-europes-translators-ai-artificial-intelligence\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T00:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T04:05:09","slug":"being-human-helps-despite-rise-of-ai-is-there-still-hope-for-europes-translators-ai-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/being-human-helps-despite-rise-of-ai-is-there-still-hope-for-europes-translators-ai-artificial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Being human helps\u2019: despite rise of AI is there still hope for Europe\u2019s translators? | AI (artificial intelligence)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/may\/08\/being-human-helps-despite-rise-of-ai-is-there-still-hope-for-europes-translators\">\u2018Being human helps\u2019: despite rise of AI is there still hope for Europe\u2019s translators? | AI (artificial intelligence)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/may\/08\/being-human-helps-despite-rise-of-ai-is-there-still-hope-for-europes-translators\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/may\/08\/being-human-helps-despite-rise-of-ai-is-there-still-hope-for-europes-translators<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-08 00:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.theguardian.com\">www.theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In February 2022, translator Yoann Gentric experimented with AI translation using the DeepL engine to translate a short sentence from Dana Spiotta\u2019s novel Wayward. Though initially unconvincing, subsequent tests in 2026 showed improvements in AI&#8217;s use of descriptive language.<\/li>\n<li>AI translation, powered by large language models, is dramatically affecting the translation industry, especially in Europe, where some translators believe AI poses a threat to their job security. Surveys indicate a significant concern among professionals about possible replacement by AI.<\/li>\n<li>translators are seeing their work nature shift, with many receiving fewer job offers and an increasing proportion of their work involving &#8220;post-editing,&#8221; which involves correcting machine-generated translations.<\/li>\n<li>Post-editing is less fulfilling and typically lower-paid, often at unattractive rates considering the work involved. Income levels have also dropped for regular technical translations and literary translators.<\/li>\n<li>Despite the increasing integration of AI in translation services, AI-generated translations often struggle with context and creative aspects, highlighting a continued need for human translators&#8217; skills in nuanced areas like dialogue and cultural context.<\/li>\n<li>Literary translations seem to benefit more from human touch, as evidenced by ongoing projects and increased contractual agreements among authors and publishers to avoid using AI in the translation process.<\/li>\n<li>Professional perspectives emphasize that while AI can improve and assist, there remain tasks, like maintaining specific word counts or capturing unique emotional expressions, where human translators excel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Being human helps\u2019: despite rise of AI is there still hope for Europe\u2019s translators? |&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":210590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/726e5848316bbe71abf2f2680d0e07d8e3f8e398\/1_0_4998_4000\/master\/4998.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=d31e2508b2d91075844a4fa88fd1a46e","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-210589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210589"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210591,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210589\/revisions\/210591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}