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TranslationTranslation23 September 2026 · 1 min read

AI and the future of literary translation

What do literary translators say about the new tools?

Author:Lena Hoffmann Translation:Sara Nikpour
مقاله‌ی اصلی (DE)KI und die Zukunft der literarischen Übersetzung
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Machine translation tools have advanced a lot in recent years, but literary translation still needs human judgement.

Most of the translators we spoke with use these tools for a first draft or for finding equivalents.

But sentence rhythm, tone and wordplay are still the translator's own work.

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