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Originally Posted by BionicGecko
Very true! Unfortunately we now have to contend with this disturbing new trend where people use AI to translate public domain books and then sell those translations (of generally dubious quality) on Amazon, so I’d personally be wary of recent translations of those classics. |
I find it worth doing some research on the existing translations when I want to read a "classic" piece of literature in translation. I will sometimes shell out for the Vintage International or Penguin Classics editions of books, even though they're more expensive, since they will usually employ a translator worth their chops.
...for the moment, anyway. I'm not sure how long until those publishers are acquired by VCs that then go the AI route as well.