A little rant about DeepL
So, recently I joined a translators association in my country and I was shocked, well angry as f*uck to say the least about the following situation.
They present themselves as a defenders of translators rights and human translations over AI. Then, one of the big fish of said association started asking about DeepL API not working on its version of this translator CAT tool of choice.
At first I was like wtf, isn’t DeepL an AI? So I went to check this person pages and it says “human translation made with care” but on the other side, crying about DeepL not working.
What do you think of this situation? Isn’t a bit of “scamming” the client saying you provide human translation when in fact you are using DeepL for some if not all?
PD: disclaimer, you can be on the AI boat if you want, I will never be on that boat.