Translation technologies for professionals within and beyond the language industries

Abstract

Beginning with the emergence of neural machine translation (MT), and accelerating since the introduction of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), technologies for automating translation have been widely and rapidly deployed. The contexts of use vary greatly, and relatively little is known about how these tools are integrated into professional settings — particularly those beyond the language industries. In order to support users and encourage critical and responsible use of such systems, a broader and deeper understanding of different professional use cases for MT and GenAI translation tools is needed. This special issue of Revista Tradumatica investigates the use of translation technologies by different groups of professionals within and beyond the language industries, revealing common needs and challenges while also highlighting diverging objectives and approaches, and ultimately pointing to the need for even more research on the use of MT and GenAI in professional settings.