Lost in Automatic Translation
Vered Shwartz
The last decade has seen an exponential increase in the development and adoption of language technologies, from personal assistants such as Siri and Alexa, through automatic translation, to chatbots like ChatGPT. Yet questions remain about what we...
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United States
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Vered Shwartz
In Sook Diamond
Cambridge University Press (print and ebook)
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The last decade has seen an exponential increase in the development and adoption of language technologies, from personal assistants such as Siri and Alexa, through automatic translation, to chatbots like ChatGPT. Yet questions remain about what we stand to lose or gain when we rely on them in our everyday lives. As a non-native English speaker living in an English-speaking country, Vered Shwartz has experienced both amusing and frustrating moments using language technologies: from relying on inaccurate automatic translation, to failing to activate personal assistants with her foreign accent. English is the world's foremost go-to language for communication, and mastering it past the point of literal translation requires acquiring not only vocabulary and grammar rules, but also figurative language, cultural references, and nonverbal communication. Will language technologies aid us in the quest to master foreign languages and better understand one another, or will they make language learning obsolete? Duration - 7h 42m. Author - Vered Shwartz. Narrator - In Sook Diamond. Published Date - Tuesday, 06 January 2026. Copyright - © 2025 Vered Shwartz ©.
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English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:23
Introduction
Duration:00:04:42
Chapter 1: Can we have a word?
Duration:00:48:45
Chapter 2: Call the grammar police
Duration:00:44:32
Chapter 3: Reading between the lines
Duration:00:32:58
Chapter 4: A figure of speech
Duration:00:51:32
Chapter 5: To put it delicately
Duration:01:02:52
Chapter 6: Grounded in reality
Duration:00:52:10
Chapter 7: Internet speak is the best, don't @ me
Duration:00:57:55
Chapter 8: Can you repeat this, please?
Duration:00:29:00
Chapter 9: The unspeakable
Duration:00:25:36
Chapter 10: The secret code of body language
Duration:00:22:13
Chapter 11: Language and identity
Duration:00:13:03
Conclusion
Duration:00:13:54
Acknowledgements
Duration:00:02:11
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:36