AI Translation and Intercultural Communication: New Questions for a New Field of Research

Dominic Busch ()
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Dominic Busch: Universität der Bundeswehr München

A chapter in Maschinen wie wir?, 2025, pp 249-266 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Smartphones today can translate written and spoken language into almost any other human language on the spot and with no cost. The widespread adoption and use of Large Language Models (LLMs) as the foundation for artificial intelligence applications has significantly improved the outputs of these tools. For their users, they may help create new and unique contexts for interaction that would not otherwise exist. This development has generated a novel genre of research settings essential for exploring intercultural communication, as they foster new forms of interculturality, enabling new experiences, and raise new ethical questions about intercultural interaction. This overview indicates that this phenomenon remains largely unexplored. Existing studies focus on the technical aspects of machine translation and the future role of human translators. The active role of translation tools in creating novel intercultural contact situations requires further investigation and exploration.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-48522-1_12

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