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Evidence session at the UK House of Lords, featuring DeepL and others | Thank you, Tom

Anne Maclennan — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 12:08:00 +0000

Forum: Translation in the UK
Topic: Evidence session at the UK House of Lords, featuring DeepL and others
Poster: Anne Maclennan
Post title: Thank you, Tom

Very interesting discussion. Thank you for the link.

Evidence session at the UK House of Lords, featuring DeepL and others | Much ado

Oksana Weiss — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 09:48:00 +0000

Forum: Translation in the UK
Topic: Evidence session at the UK House of Lords, featuring DeepL and others
Poster: Oksana Weiss
Post title: Much ado

In essence:
- Can AI replace interpreters in courts?
- No.
- Case closed!

Evidence session at the UK House of Lords, featuring DeepL and others | Hate

Tom in London — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 15:09:00 +0000

Forum: Translation in the UK
Topic: Evidence session at the UK House of Lords, featuring DeepL and others
Poster: Tom in London
Post title: Hate

[quote]Diana Edmond wrote:

Thanks for sharing this, Tom! It was interesting to watch.
I wonder why they only invited salespeople to the table, leaving out the more important stakeholders who actually know their job - you know, the hands-on interpreters, the ITI, and the academics in this field, who could have offered a more balanced perspective.
“We can do all languages, all dialects, and in five years’ time we’ll be able to do even more dialects!” Honestly, I wonder why they didn’t use AI at this point - it would have been better spoken than this lot. [/quote]

I enjoyed the "I want to kill you" looks directed by the translating agency woman at the DeepL woman, who took the opportunity to do a big sales pitch for what DeepL is going to do next.

[Edited at 2024-11-13 15:10 GMT]

Evidence session at the UK House of Lords, featuring DeepL and others | Deep insights from sales people

Diana Edmond — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 15:07:00 +0000

Forum: Translation in the UK
Topic: Evidence session at the UK House of Lords, featuring DeepL and others
Poster: Diana Edmond
Post title: Deep insights from sales people

Thanks for sharing this, Tom! It was interesting to watch.
I wonder why they only invited salespeople to the table, leaving out the more important stakeholders who actually know their job - you know, the hands-on interpreters, the ITI, and the academics in this field, who could have offered a more balanced perspective.
“We can do all languages, all dialects, and in five years’ time we’ll be able to do even more dialects!” Honestly, I wonder why they didn’t use AI at this point - it would have been better spoken than this lot.

Evidence session at the UK House of Lords, featuring DeepL and others | So much for Brexit

Baran Keki — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 13:24:00 +0000

Forum: Translation in the UK
Topic: Evidence session at the UK House of Lords, featuring DeepL and others
Poster: Baran Keki
Post title: So much for Brexit

Chișinău agencies (erroneously known as 'London agencies') are allowed to speak in the UK parliament, sitting in the seats reserved for the Lords of the Realm... Isn't that a travesty of Brexit? What would Farage say?

Evidence session at the UK House of Lords, featuring DeepL and others

Tom in London — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 12:36:00 +0000

Forum: Translation in the UK
Topic: Evidence session at the UK House of Lords, featuring DeepL and others
Poster: Tom in London

Evidence from a big translation agency, a speech-to-text agency, and the CEO (for the UK) of DeepL

11:02:46
Subject: Interpreting and translation services in the courts

Witness(es): Larysa Booth, Head of Sales, LingvoHouse Translation Services; Reggie Mitchell, Strategic Partnerships, Speechmatics; Frankie Williams, Chief Legal Officer, DeepL

[url removed]

[Edited at 2024-11-13 13:02 GMT]