Targeted individuals
Personalised advertising and digital media translation
This article argues that researchers in Translation Studies may proactively aim to understand the consequences of
an envisaged merger between targeted advertising and automated translation. Functional translation software is widely available
online, and several platforms now perform instant translation, sometimes without asking the user whether this is required. Indeed,
the user’s main language is known to various applications, which keep track of this information along with other settings and
preferences. Data tracking is commonly used to produce targeted advertising: people receive commercial information about products
they are likely to be interested in. If text can instantly be altered according to a user’s linguistic preferences, it can also be
altered according to aesthetic, commercial, or political preferences. The article discusses theoretical and ideological aspects of
the sociotechnical evolution towards the production and consumption of personalised content, highlighting the role translation may
come to play.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Gratifying machine translation
- 3.Targeted advertising
- 4.Product placement
- 5.Cultural values
- 6.Futurology?
- 7.Your orders
- 8.Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
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References
Published online: 27 August 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/ts.20048.but
https://doi.org/10.1075/ts.20048.but
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