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creative_xl8

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Freelance translator (English and German into Dutch) of books (fiction and non-fiction) and all sorts of creative (and sometimes not so creative) texts on fashion & beauty, art, and travel.

Interested in: #translation #transcreation #language #dutch #english #german #books #art #london #fedi22

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Text in banner: "Translation is not a matter of words only. It is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture." - Anthony Burgess

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Source: Speed Bump cartoon by Dave Coverly

creative_xl8, to ai
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Kudos to this agency for (finally!) being honest about why #AI can't replace professional #translation:

  1. Mistranslation
  2. Invention of content
  3. Overuse of trending terms
  4. Challenges with proper nouns
  5. Misalignment of register
  6. Exaggeration of style
  7. Misinterpretation of contextual and cultural nuances
  8. Inability to improve clarity
  9. Literal translations
  10. Misinterpretation of mood
  11. Introduction of nonexistent content
  12. Omission of content

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/markets-news/Plentisoft/25852345/pronto-translations-details-common-ai-errors-and-champions-the-role-of-professional-linguists/

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Unfortunately, most people won't even notice these issues when they read an automatically translated text, because it "sounds good"... That's why it takes a professional translator who actually understands the source text to see what has gone wrong.

creative_xl8, to boeken Dutch
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Eindelijk het boek De spijker van Zhang Yueran gelezen. Prachtig verhaal, mooi geschreven (en dus ook mooi vertaald door Annelous Stiggelbout, @astigg1).

@boeken

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creative_xl8, to random Dutch
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Dit moest ik even kwijt (en NRC plaatste het zowaar)... 😉

(Letter I sent to the newspaper because they didn't even bother to name the translator in an interview with the Dutch nominee for the International Booker Prize, a prize for writers AND their translators.)

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creative_xl8, to random
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Read on LinkedIn (no, I'm not going to link to this BS):

"How to automate your business with ChatGPT
The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, live anywhere and join the New Rich"

The best part?

"© this prompt is from my AI Hub"

So they are claiming copyright on their prompt that comes up with results copied from other people's work? 🤦‍♀️

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creative_xl8, to random
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Does that mean my banal amateur photograph of this quote is more beautiful than the most beautiful painting by Cezanne?

creative_xl8, to london
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They still exist...

creative_xl8, to random
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If you leave your Kindle on the table in the train, the train's movements will flip the pages for you. They will not read the book for you though.

lalage, to boeken Dutch
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Ik lees nu ‘Grijze bijen’, over een man die in de grijze zone tussen Rusland en Oekraïne is achtergebleven. In de lente vertrekt hij met zijn bijen naar de Krim. Goed verteld!

@boeken

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@lalage @boeken Heel mooi boek!

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Be difficult and proud.

creative_xl8, to ai
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Manifest for Human Language

"Machine language deceives readers about authorship and claims to truth. In the context of AI systems, the term 'translation' is used for a form of machine language with no person behind it, completely unrelated to the exacting, thoughtful, responsible work that goes into a human translation."

https://www.change.org/p/manifest-f%C3%BCr-menschliche-sprache-manifest-for-human-language

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Je suis not surprised...

creative_xl8, to random Dutch
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4000 bomen weg voor zonnepanelen en een geluidswal. Ik ben vóór zonnepanelen en begrijp de mensen die last hebben van de snelweg, maar 4000 bomen!?

https://kapnietlangsa1.petities.nl/?fbclid=IwAR2o7gl9FY9NFo6jtWexK55rnqiLBMg5hwNzRfgDNMW_qanpgJii8YaW-0U#petitionnews

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#AI

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😳

Huge Proportion of Internet Is AI-Generated Slime, Researchers Find

https://futurism.com/the-byte/internet-ai-generated-slime

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@AdamBishop I'm not so sure writers and translators will soon be replaced by AI, unless of course we don't mind having to wade through thick layers of online slime...

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@AdamBishop I have already had instructions from clients to "ignore the current content on our website, it's not very good". Not sure whether that content was produced by MT/AI or a bad translator, but it showed they (still) demand quality.

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@AdamBishop People who are fine with junk probably never would have hired a writer/translator anyway.

creative_xl8,
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@OliverCzulo @AdamBishop That division already started with MT, before the AI hype. Maybe some people thought AI would be better, but I think they are discovering it's not as intelligent as it claims to be.

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Wie heeft er wel eens van de schrijver Robert Galbraight gehoord. Ken deze schrijver niet, nog zijn werk. @boeken

creative_xl8,
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@SAS1954 @boeken Robert Galbraith is een pseudoniem van JK Rowling. Onder deze naam heeft ze inmiddels 7 detectives geschreven. Ik vind ze persoonlijk erg goed.

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@SAS1954 @boeken Gewoon een keertje proberen. 😉 Het eerste deel is The Cuckoo's Calling (in het Nederlands vertaald als Koekoeksjong, door Sabine Mutsaers). De verhalen staan op zich, maar het achtergrondverhaal over detective Cormoran Strike is beter te volgen als je ze in volgorde leest.

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