> machine language translation hasn't put human translators out of work yet?
It's not clear if machine language translation may have:
- Increased "demand" for translation by reducing the price of "basic" translation.
- Increased overall globalization -- I use machine translation to communicate with contract manufacturers in China, whereas without it I might avoid using contract manufacturers in China.
- Due to increased globalization, increased demand for occasional "advanced" translation via professional translators or bilingual.
So perhaps it does greatly decrease or eliminate the large slice of the pie which reflects translation jobs that would exist at the low end while simultaneously greatly increasing the overall size of the pie.
It's not clear if machine language translation may have:
- Increased "demand" for translation by reducing the price of "basic" translation. - Increased overall globalization -- I use machine translation to communicate with contract manufacturers in China, whereas without it I might avoid using contract manufacturers in China. - Due to increased globalization, increased demand for occasional "advanced" translation via professional translators or bilingual.
So perhaps it does greatly decrease or eliminate the large slice of the pie which reflects translation jobs that would exist at the low end while simultaneously greatly increasing the overall size of the pie.