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Poll: Have you been asked to simply check AI translation/output (without necessarily making changes)? | She obviously can afford

Daryo — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 18:37:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you been asked to simply check AI translation/output (without necessarily making changes)?
Poster: Daryo
Post title: She obviously can afford

[quote]Justin Peterson wrote:

Yes. The other day a client (individual) sent me an AI-translated contract to proofread. Deepl. At least she was totally transparent about it.
I immediately spotted a couple of major errors
I told her "Look, I really need to proofread the whole thing carefully, I can't just skim it for a small fee. It has important mistakes that are immediately evident."
She said she couldn't afford it, and would just use the contract (a rental contract) as it was.
Yikes!
[/quote]

She obviously can afford to lose any future litigation - if she's unlucky and things turn the wrong way.

Or maybe she can't, but still doesn't know it.

Poll: Have you been asked to simply check AI translation/output (without necessarily making changes)? | Yes, the human one (in an extremely sneaky way)

Lingua 5B — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 12:34:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you been asked to simply check AI translation/output (without necessarily making changes)?
Poster: Lingua 5B
Post title: Yes, the human one (in an extremely sneaky way)

Not AI, can’t recall it. I don’t do proofreading. One time I was assigned a translation task, about 15k-20k words. A few days after I started, the client asked me to just “check” a section in the middle of this text (starting perhaps at the 10k word point), that had been done by another translator. I explained to them I don’t check other people’s work. They said “just this one time”. It was actually someone’s test translation (a chunk of text) that had been presented to me in an extemely shady way.

Poll: Have you been asked to simply check AI translation/output (without necessarily making changes)? | No

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 12:17:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you been asked to simply check AI translation/output (without necessarily making changes)?
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: No

Not so far...

Poll: Have you been asked to simply check AI translation/output (without necessarily making changes)? | Harmless

Lieven Malaise — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:14:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you been asked to simply check AI translation/output (without necessarily making changes)?
Poster: Lieven Malaise
Post title: Harmless

[quote]Justin Peterson wrote:
She said she couldn't afford it, and would just use the contract (a rental contract) as it was.[/quote]

At the same time this would never have been a customer in the pre-AI era (she couldn't afford it), so this is on her and basically harmless for the human translation industry. It is less harmless for her and the renting party.

Poll: Have you been asked to simply check AI translation/output (without necessarily making changes)? | Be patient...

Iulia Parvu — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:05:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you been asked to simply check AI translation/output (without necessarily making changes)?
Poster: Iulia Parvu
Post title: Be patient...

[quote]Justin Peterson wrote:

Yes. The other day a client (individual) sent me an AI-translated contract to proofread. Deepl. At least she was totally transparent about it.
I immediately spotted a couple of major errors
I told her "Look, I really need to proofread the whole thing carefully, I can't just skim it for a small fee. It has important mistakes that are immediately evident."
She said she couldn't afford it, and would just use the contract (a rental contract) as it was.
Yikes!
[/quote]

Somehow, I’m glad that some people use AI-generated translations without proper proofreading. It only takes a couple of such errors to cause a disaster in a court or medical setting (sorry for my cynicism) for everyone to realize that we are not yet at the point where humans can be replaced.

Poll: Have you been asked to simply check AI translation/output (without necessarily making changes)? | Yes, and found serious errors...she didn't care

Justin Peterson — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 10:59:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you been asked to simply check AI translation/output (without necessarily making changes)?
Poster: Justin Peterson
Post title: Yes, and found serious errors...she didn't care

Yes. The other day a client (individual) sent me an AI-translated contract to proofread. Deepl. At least she was totally transparent about it.
I immediately spotted a couple of major errors
I told her "Look, I really need to proofread the whole thing carefully, I can't just skim it for a small fee. It has important mistakes that are immediately evident."
She said she couldn't afford it, and would just use the contract (a rental contract) as it was.
Yikes!

Poll: Have you been asked to simply check AI translation/output (without necessarily making changes)?

ProZ.com Staff — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 08:10:09 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you been asked to simply check AI translation/output (without necessarily making changes)?
Poster: ProZ.com Staff

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