Can Artificial Intelligence help literary translators?

Roy L Youdale

Can Artificial Intelligence help literary translators?

Roy L Youdale

School of Modern Languages

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Abstract

How is literary translation different from other forms of translation? To oversimplify a little, non-literary translation such as commercial, legal, medical etc. tends to focus on the meaning of a text, while literary translation focuses almost equally strongly on the style of the text.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	A.I. and Literary Translation
Publisher	The Goethe Institute
Publication status	Published - 23 Sept 2020

Keywords

computer-assisted literary translation
CAT tools, machine translation, literary style

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