AI translation sounds convincing, but it can be riddled with hidden errors

By Alisa Tian, Associate Lecturer in Translation and Interpreting, School of Humanities & Languages, UNSW

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools are more widespread than ever, and one of the functions they offer is fast, real-time translation. Some people are even questioning the need to ever learn another language, if near-instant translation is so widely available to all of us, often for free.

However, those translations are far from perfect. While AI translations are very fluent, fluency doesn’t equal accuracy. Even proficient bilinguals can

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