Machine translation in society: insights from UK users.
Machine translation (MT) tools like Google Translate can overcome language barriers and increase access to information. These tools also carry risks, and their societal role remains understudied. This article investigates typical uses and perceptions of MT based on a survey of 1200 United Kingdom re...
| Publicado en: | Language Resources & Evaluation Vol. 57; no. 2; pp. 893 - 915 |
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