Is Machine Translation Translation?

Exploring conceptualizations of translation in a digitally saturated world

Editors

Mary Nurminen | Tampere University

Félix do Carmo | University of Surrey

Dorothy Kenny | Dublin City University

[Translation Spaces, 15:2] Expected December 2026. ca. 160 pp.

Publishing status: In production

Table of Contents

This is a provisional table of contents, and subject to changes.

Editorial welcome Joss Moorkens	203
Is machine translation translation? Exploring conceptualisations of translation in a digitally saturated world Mary Nurminen, Félix do Carmo and Dorothy Kenny	204–214
The machine translator’s visibility: A postphenomenological analysis of machine translation Joss Moorkens	215–238
Is machine translation gisting translation? Mary Nurminen	239–258
Is machine interpreting interpreting? Franz Pöchhacker	259–279
Do machines and humans translate in the same sense? Brian Mossop	280–301
Conceptualisations of ‘translation’ in machine translation research and development Michael Tieber	302–321

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