Lost in Automatic Translation
navigating life in english in the age of language technologies
$92.92
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
31 July 2025
Summary
Lost in Translation: Navigating the Age of Automatic Language
The last decade has witnessed an explosion in language technology, from Siri and Alexa to automatic translation and ChatGPT. But what are the real-world consequences of relying on these tools?
Vered Shwartz, a non-native English speaker in an English-speaking country, shares her amusing and frustrating experiences with language technology: inaccurate translations, struggles with voice assistants, and more.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781009552332 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1009552333 |
| Author: | Vered Shwartz |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
About The Author
Vered Shwartz
Vered Shwartz is Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia and a Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) AI chair at the Vector Institute. She specializes in natural language processing and has published extensively in top-tier journals and conferences.
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