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Publication details [#54206]
Salaets, Heidi and Katalin Balogh. 2023. Are interpreters and interpreting technology ready for the post-Covid era? In Zwischenberger, Cornelia, Karin Reithofer and Sylvi Rennert, eds. Introducing New Hypertexts on Interpreting (Studies): a tribute to Franz Pöchhacker (Benjamins Translation Library 160). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. pp. 254–276.
Publication type
Article in jnl/bk
Publication language
English
Abstract
From its onset in early 2020, the Covid-19 (hereafter Covid) crisis has uncovered both the insecurity about new technologies and their flexibility. In this chapter, there is an attempt to provide a non-exhaustive map of the field of interpreting technology in different settings, of research on these new technologies and research using them. Tools and resources that enhance an interpreter’s performance will also be discussed as part of technological evolution, while the final question to be answered is whether “interpreters [can] survive in an AI-dominated world” (Downie 2020). This contribution wants to be a call to do more large-scale research and to inform future interpreters better about technological development and opportunities in the classroom.
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