Vered Shwartz (Vancouver University of British Columbia)

Lost in Automatic Translation

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Will Google Translate and ChatGPT help us master foreign languages and better understand one another, or make language learning obsolete? This book addresses these questions and more. It is ideal for English language lovers and those on an English language-learning journey, and also technophiles and people wanting to learn about AI.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 314g
• ISBN-13: 9781009552332
• ISBN-10: 1009552333
• Artikelnr.: 73534820

Autorenporträt

Vered Shwartz is Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia and a Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) AI chair at the Vector Institute. She specializes in natural language processing and has published extensively in top-tier journals and conferences.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Communicating in English: 1. Can we have a word?
2. Call the grammar police
Part II. Understanding Cultural Norms and References: 3. Reading between the lines
4. A figure of speech
5. To put it delicately
6. Grounded in reality
7. Internet speak is the best, don't @ me
Part III. Cultural Integration through Language
8. Can you repeat this, please?
9. The unspeakable
10. The secret code of body language
11. Language and identity
Conclusion.