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Japanese Publishers Invest in AI Manga Translation Startup
(informedainews.com)
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this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2024
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I’ve seen enough "Google translations" to know I want nothing to do with this venture.
Not the same thing. Not even close.
It's a translation done by a machine, making frequent mistakes and failing to understand the wider context that contributes to the intended meaning. It's the same in every way that matters.
In the context of my work, translations done by LLMs are working great so far and have no problem grasping context. And that is with general models and not specialized ones for the task which I assume this will be. So I will give it a chance instead of outright jumping on the AI hate train.
Grasping context when there's subtext and allegories is not enough.