This resonates deeply, especially the distinction between AI as a threat and AI as a tool that professionals can shape themselves.
As a legal and medical translator, I've spent considerable time developing structured prompting workflows — not to replace judgment, but to make it more precise. The difference between "translate this" and a prompt that defines audience, legal system, terminology constraints, and ambiguity handling is the difference between plausible output and accountable output.
The point about decisions being made by people, not technology, is crucial and often lost in the conversation. The question was never whether AI can translate. It was always who decides how it gets used — and whether professionals are at that table.
I've just started my own Substack on AI and professional translation — and finding this project makes me feel a little less alone in this conversation. Consider me a new reader.
Thanks, Emma! And your comment made me feel less alone :) I also feel that the point about the decisions people make is often overlooked. I hope you consider coming to the workshop, it would be great to have your perspective there.
This resonates deeply, especially the distinction between AI as a threat and AI as a tool that professionals can shape themselves.
As a legal and medical translator, I've spent considerable time developing structured prompting workflows — not to replace judgment, but to make it more precise. The difference between "translate this" and a prompt that defines audience, legal system, terminology constraints, and ambiguity handling is the difference between plausible output and accountable output.
The point about decisions being made by people, not technology, is crucial and often lost in the conversation. The question was never whether AI can translate. It was always who decides how it gets used — and whether professionals are at that table.
I've just started my own Substack on AI and professional translation — and finding this project makes me feel a little less alone in this conversation. Consider me a new reader.
Thanks, Emma! And your comment made me feel less alone :) I also feel that the point about the decisions people make is often overlooked. I hope you consider coming to the workshop, it would be great to have your perspective there.
Let's keep in touch! I'll definitely follow your updates and hope to catch the workshop.