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The problem with machine translation is not the obvious general mediocrity, but the occasional undetected catastrophic failure, especially in medical context. I
by anon_123g987 5y ago
The problem with machine translation is not the obvious general mediocrity, but the occasional undetected catastrophic failure, especially in medical context. I don't think DeepL (or any other fully automated system) is any more reliable in this sense.
- potatoman22 5y agoCan any automated solution be reliable enough? I don't think so unless you can prove it does less harm than a professional medical translator.
- jquery 5y agoWe should pay more for translators. But translation is an area where people like to cut costs. The translation industry simply doesn't pay enough to attract the volume of people required, at the level of skill required. And with machine translation getting better, not worse, I don't see this trend reversing without regulation... even if machine translation is still nowhere near human level.
- jquery 5y agoMediocre human translation can be catastrophically wrong as well. Mediocrity just isn't good enough when a mistake can cost someone's life. The worse the translator (machine or human), the more catastrophic mistakes it makes per 1000 lines of text. If a professional human translator isn't available, it makes sense to use the best alternative available. Deepl has a free web interface.