Students will explore the landscape of artificial intelligence and machine-generated translation. Using a variety of online translation platforms on a series of (French language) literary texts, students will identify the strengths and weaknesses of each, and think critically on the rapidly-evolving role of the human translator. Weekly hours: 3 Seminar/Discussion hoursPrerequisite(s): FREN 213 or FREN 214. Note: Students with credit for FREN 314 will not receive credit for this course.
Students will explore the landscape of artificial intelligence and machine-generated translation. Using a variety of online translation platforms on a series of (French language) literary texts, students will identify the strengths and weaknesses of each, and think critically on the rapidly-evolving role of the human translator. Weekly hours: 3 Seminar/Discussion hoursPrerequisite(s): FREN 213 or FREN 214. Note: Students with credit for FREN 314 will not receive credit for this course.