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I'm surprised it's only a third of translators. The translation capabilities of ChatGPT are shockingly good in my opinion. And it's probably the first machine t
by hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
I'm surprised it's only a third of translators. The translation capabilities of ChatGPT are shockingly good in my opinion. And it's probably the first machine translation where you explain the context to it in order to get the best translation.
- CamperBob2 3y agoYep. Transformers were originally developed for language translation, not chatbots or image generators. The fact that they proved useful in so many other contexts was serendipitous.
- morkalork 3y agoThere's still translators needed for legal stuff like contracts, official government documents, etc. Not sure how much of the profession they make up but it sounded like they were the only ones not dwindling in numbers before ChatGPT came along.
- postepowanieadm 3y agoI once worked on a contract translated with ChatGPT from German to Polish and it was the most infuriating experience. Text for a layperson seemed to be ordinary legal speak, but in reality it made no sense(or even less than ordinarily). I had to explain meaning of every legal term used and why it made no sense in given context.
- yieldcrv 3y agoI agree, since the pogrom on October 7th in Israel, I've been able to get translations from all the gory telegram channels from the respective sides of the conflict, and the superimposed foreign words on both the captions as well as images and videos. let alone the comments. a lot of it turns out to be slang, and I've been able to ask ChatGPT for nuanced context on how its used, immediately. I've never been able to do that in history. Duolingo would never do that, formal education wouldn't either. A dictionary wouldn't. Google translate couldn't. can search more content and conversations using the topical slang as the keyword.