Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-02-06 23:41:09 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 64B2F5EBBE99ED2F6A73AA402D04A5766095663930A55F2BC28C19F70EE0928B
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While the article shown is laced with opinion, it disingenuously represents harmful phenomena as "myth" (implying it does not happen) within the localization industry and potentially misrepresents advancements in AI translation. Examples https://boundingintocomics.com/2022/06/17/seven-seas-responds-to-backlash-says-they-are-looking-into-addressing-the-delicate-language-used-in-intentional-mistranslation-of-i-think-i-turned-my-childhood-friend-into-a-girl/ https://boundingintocomics.com/2022/06/13/western-localizer-reveals-seven-seas-always-intended-to-localize-feminine-male-as-transgender-female-says-translator-consulted-trans-people-on-changing-characters-identity/ https://nichegamer.com/anime-news-network-article-on-bad-localization-unsurprisingly-dishonest/ https://nichegamer.com/like-a-dragon-producer-claims-localizers-arent-changing-their-games/ https://nichegamer.com/localizers-admit-to-proactively-censoring-games-for-western-audiences/ https://nichegamer.com/8-years-awful-localizations-games-anime/ https://www.getblend.com/blog/artificial-intelligence-changing-the-translation-services-industry/ AI- https://www.getblend.com/blog/artificial-intelligence-changing-the-translation-services-industry/ https://speakt.com/ai-translation/ https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/cutting-edge-advancements-take-a-i-translation-to-the-next-level-886496175.html https://gemmo.ai/archives/will-ai-replace-human-translators/
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