Mihin kääntäjiä ja tulkkeja enää tarvitaan tekoälyn aikakaudella?

Are translators and interpreters needed anymore in the age of artifical intelligence (AI)? This article reports 14 responses to this question from representatives of public-sector language and translation services (the Board for the Register of Legal Interpreters, the language services of the Police, The Directorate-General for Translation at the European Commission, The Finnish Defence Language Centre and the Government Translation and Language Division), translators and translation scholars and trainers as well as professional associations from fields in which professionals often encounter translations (The Association of Finnish Lawyers, The Association of Finnish Nonfiction Writers, The Finnish Association of Translators and Interpreters and The Union of Finnish Writers). The comments make it clear that human interpreters and translators remain indispensable in the age of AI. The growing use of AI for translating and interpreting raises concerns about citizens’ rights and trust in communication, access to translation and interpreting in exceptional circumstances, data security and other ethical issues, and the ability of language models to develop new terminology. In the concluding section, the article asks: Why would people with no expertise in translation or interpreting trust in AI in situations where a translation error could put someone’s life at risk?