ChatGPT : Are translators an endangered species ?

Philippe Locquet wrote:
This is why it's still outperformed by other MT engines in specific language pairs or workflows.

Andriy Yasharov wrote:

Types of translations that machines will not be able to cope with in the near future:

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   Legal translation
   Legal translations require a high degree of accuracy and precision as even a small error can lead to serious consequences.
   


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   [Edited at 2023-03-31 20:22 GMT]

Stepan Konev wrote:

Recently I had a test for ChatGPT and different MT engines. ChatGPT was the only engine [be it search engine or anything else engine] that translated a tricky Russian word "добрели" correctly into English. It may have three meanings: 1) to have reached a destination point by wandering (80% of usage), 2) to become kind/nice or fat (19% of usage), and 3) to become fruitful/rich in smth [speaking about trees, or soil, or fields and the like] (1% of usage). ChatGPT chose the least-used meaning that was the only correct option here.

Source (Russian):
С берегов моря в корзинах приносили они землю и засыпали ею расщелины. И добрели горы, покрытые виноградными лозами, фруктовыми деревьями, кизиловыми и малиновыми кустарниками.

𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲:
From the shores of the sea they brought earth in baskets and covered the crevices with it. And the mountains, covered with vines, fruit trees, cornelian and raspberry bushes, wandered.

𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗟:
From the shores of the sea they brought earth in baskets and filled the clefts with it. And the mountains reached up, covered with vines, fruit trees, dogwood and raspberry bushes.

𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗻:
From the shores of the sea, they brought earth in baskets and filled the crevices with it. And the mountains wandered, covered with vines, fruit trees, dogwood and raspberry bushes.

𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗠𝗧:
They brought the earth from the shores of the sea in baskets and filled the clefts with it. And the mountains were good, covered with vines, and fruit trees, and cornelian and crimson bushes.

𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗚𝗣𝗧:
They brought soil in baskets from the sea shore and filled the gaps with it. And the mountains became fertile, covered with grapevines, fruit trees, dogwood and raspberry bushes.

Tom in London wrote:

Mankind will not be happy until he has created a perfect replica of himself.

Being a perfect replica, this replica will then set to work to create a perfect replica of itself.

And so on.

But by then there won't be any more human beings.

Tom in London wrote:

Mankind will not be happy until he has created a perfect replica of himself.

Being a perfect replica, this replica will then set to work to create a perfect replica of itself.

And so on.

Lingua 5B wrote:

Is Mankind a he? There are some women there as well.

Tom in London wrote:
I knew someone would raise the "mankind" issue.

Try to focus on the point I made.

Ice Scream wrote:



You knew, yet you didn't bother typing a couple more letters or rephrasing.

Your point might not have been missed if you'd focused on the language you use.

Isn't that a cardinal sin for a translator?

And the dismissive response is hardly going to make friends and influence people.

Ice Scream wrote:

And the dismissive response is hardly going to make friends and influence people.

Tom in London wrote:
Here's another dismissive response: I don't care.

Tom in London wrote:

ChatGPT : Are translators an endangered species ?

Tom in London wrote:
ChatGPT : Are translators an endangered species ?