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Yesterday I received a message from a registrant to my webclass. Her comments echo what some in our profession are thinking right now: “Steven, I have to tell you that your optimism is fundamentally [...]

It's no shock that the Big LSPs, MT providers, and CAT tool makers are pushing for automation in translation. AI has given them the tools to do this, and they're finding ways to minimize [...]

A few years ago, while translating my PhD dissertation, I discovered a method that completely changed how I use AI in my translation work. It’s called anchor prompting, and it’s the foundation for getting [...]

Let's consider the biblical parable of new wine and old wineskins in the context of translation today. Generative AI provides us with new wine (an entirely new paradigm). Yet the industry mainstream is trying [...]

Lately, I’ve been reflecting on the evolving dynamics between translators and LSPs, especially in the face of advancing AI technologies. The big players might be banking on automation. But there's a different, higher path [...]

When we started developing CotranslatorAI just over a couple years ago, OpenAI was already on GPT 3.0. Within a short time, they raced ahead to 3.5 and then 4.0. But now, after a few [...]

There’s a lot of talk these days about how small LSPs are “doomed” in a world being reshaped by AI—usually from the so-called Localization Illuminati, the biggest industry players. Maybe you’ve heard this: big [...]

As a translator, advancements like GPT-4.1 are intriguing, especially with the promise of a massive context window. But does this mean we can simply input entire books or thousands of translation memory segments and [...]

Are we rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic? I still remember sitting at the 2006 ATA conference in New Orleans, hearing about new MT development and giving myself five more years in the field…. [...]

This really stopped me in my tracks: OpenAI announced today that they are retiring their GPT-4.5 model, rolling users back to 4.1. They say the new 4.1 is faster, cheaper, and better than 4.5…. [...]