Evidence session at the UK House of Lords, featuring DeepL and others Thread poster: Tom in London
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:52
Italian to English
Evidence from a big translation agency, a speech-to-text agency, and the CEO (for the UK) of DeepL
11:02:46
Subject: Interpreting and translation services in the courts
Witness(es): Larysa Booth, Head of Sales, LingvoHouse Translation Services; Reggie Mitchell, Strategic Partnerships, Speechmatics; Frankie Williams, Chief Legal Officer, DeepL... See more Evidence from a big translation agency, a speech-to-text agency, and the CEO (for the UK) of DeepL
11:02:46
Subject: Interpreting and translation services in the courts
Witness(es): Larysa Booth, Head of Sales, LingvoHouse Translation Services; Reggie Mitchell, Strategic Partnerships, Speechmatics; Frankie Williams, Chief Legal Officer, DeepL
https://tinyurl.com/25hbvx84
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| | | | Baran Keki 
Türkiye
Local time: 22:52
Member
English to Turkish
| So much for Brexit | Nov 13, 2024 |
Chișinău agencies (erroneously known as 'London agencies') are allowed to speak in the UK parliament, sitting in the seats reserved for the Lords of the Realm... Isn't that a travesty of Brexit? What would Farage say?
| | | | Diana Edmond
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:52
Member (2008)
Italian to Romanian
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| Deep insights from sales people | Nov 13, 2024 |
Thanks for sharing this, Tom! It was interesting to watch.
I wonder why they only invited salespeople to the table, leaving out the more important stakeholders who actually know their job - you know, the hands-on interpreters, the ITI, and the academics in this field, who could have offered a more balanced perspective.
“We can do all languages, all dialects, and in five years’ time we’ll be able to do even more dialects!” Honestly, I wonder why they didn’t use AI at this po... See more Thanks for sharing this, Tom! It was interesting to watch.
I wonder why they only invited salespeople to the table, leaving out the more important stakeholders who actually know their job - you know, the hands-on interpreters, the ITI, and the academics in this field, who could have offered a more balanced perspective.
“We can do all languages, all dialects, and in five years’ time we’ll be able to do even more dialects!” Honestly, I wonder why they didn’t use AI at this point - it would have been better spoken than this lot. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:52
Italian to English
TOPIC STARTER
Diana Edmond wrote:
Thanks for sharing this, Tom! It was interesting to watch.
I wonder why they only invited salespeople to the table, leaving out the more important stakeholders who actually know their job - you know, the hands-on interpreters, the ITI, and the academics in this field, who could have offered a more balanced perspective.
“We can do all languages, all dialects, and in five years’ time we’ll be able to do even more dialects!” Honestly, I wonder why they didn’t use AI at this point - it would have been better spoken than this lot.
I enjoyed the "I want to kill you" looks directed by the translating agency woman at the DeepL woman, who took the opportunity to do a big sales pitch for what DeepL is going to do next.
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Oksana Weiss
Germany
Local time: 21:52
Member (2011)
Ukrainian to Russian
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In essence:
- Can AI replace interpreters in courts?
- No.
- Case closed!
| | | | | Thank you, Tom | Nov 14, 2024 |
Very interesting discussion. Thank you for the link.
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