Article published in:
Fair MT: Towards ethical, sustainable Machine TranslationEdited by Joss Moorkens, Dorothy Kenny and Félix do Carmo
[Translation Spaces 9:1] 2020
► pp. 150–169
Machine translation and fair access to information
Mary Nurminen | Tampere University
This article contributes to the discussion on fairness and ethics in MT by highlighting efforts that have been
made to use MT for the humanitarian purpose of increasing access to information for groups that are underserved. The article
provides an overview of example projects in which MT has been implemented for this purpose in three contexts: civic participation,
public health and safety, and media and culture. In addition, the article examines some of the ethical issues surrounding efforts
to use MT for accessibility, including issues of quality, acceptability, and the need to involve stakeholders in development.
Keywords: machine translation, accessibility, ethics, machine translation for information purposes, post-editing, linguistic accessibility
Published online: 17 August 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/ts.00025.nur
https://doi.org/10.1075/ts.00025.nur
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