The first thing I would like for everyone to do is stop using terms like “hallucinating” or “thinking” to describe what ChatGPT is doing. The anthropomorphic language used to describe computers is misleading at best. Instead of “hallucinating” you can say “producing random words” or “gibberish.” For “thinking,” you can say “crunching numbers.” Please? I […]

A westerner friend of mine used to work as an in-house Japanese-to-English translator at the offices of a world-famous Japanese vehicle manufacturer in central Japan. His Japanese boss (an engineer who had recently been transferred to head the documentation department) was something of a slave-driver, who showed little appreciation for the complexities of the work

Here is some vital information for anyone needing interpreters: they are usually booked months in advance, and most interpreting agencies will not accept urgent requests. Case Study 1 We are currently working on a project for a heavy equipment manufacturer who contacted us requesting no fewer than four interpreters for an event that will take