Another thing I'm not sure machine translation can really "nail" is cultural context, or even little linguistic cues and other tidbits. I like when translators

Another thing I'm not sure machine translation can really "nail" is cultural context, or even little linguistic cues and other tidbits. I like when translators explain in the margins that one character is speaking in a certain register for XYZ reason, or that there's been a shift in a certain relationship signaled by a change in how they address each other, etc. That said, I did just read a great series last night whose human translation ended right before the final two volumes, and hasn't been updated in nearly 8 years... so I may need to try some machine translation on those last two volumes just to see how things end.