Editorial published In: Digital Translation
Vol. 12:1 (2025) ► pp.1–10
Editorial
Once more unto the breach
Investigating the effects of AI on translation practice, teaching, and research
This article is available free of charge.
Published online: 2 June 2025
https://doi.org/10.1075/dt.00013.bow
https://doi.org/10.1075/dt.00013.bow
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.AI and the language industry
- 3.AI and translator education
- 4.AI and translation studies
- 5.What does all this mean for Digital Translation?
- 6.Contributions in the present issue
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