Evidence session at the UK House of Lords, featuring DeepL and others
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Nov 13, 2024

Evidence from a big translation agency, a speech-to-text agency, and the CEO (for the UK) of DeepL



11:02:46
Subject: Interpreting and translation services in the courts

Witness(es): Larysa Booth, Head of Sales, LingvoHouse Translation Services; Reggie Mitchell, Strategic Partnerships, Speechmatics; Frankie Williams, Chief Legal Officer, DeepL... See more
Evidence from a big translation agency, a speech-to-text agency, and the CEO (for the UK) of DeepL



11:02:46
Subject: Interpreting and translation services in the courts

Witness(es): Larysa Booth, Head of Sales, LingvoHouse Translation Services; Reggie Mitchell, Strategic Partnerships, Speechmatics; Frankie Williams, Chief Legal Officer, DeepL


https://tinyurl.com/25hbvx84

[Edited at 2024-11-13 13:02 GMT]
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So much for Brexit Nov 13, 2024

Chișinău agencies (erroneously known as 'London agencies') are allowed to speak in the UK parliament, sitting in the seats reserved for the Lords of the Realm... Isn't that a travesty of Brexit? What would Farage say?

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Deep insights from sales people Nov 13, 2024

Thanks for sharing this, Tom! It was interesting to watch.
I wonder why they only invited salespeople to the table, leaving out the more important stakeholders who actually know their job - you know, the hands-on interpreters, the ITI, and the academics in this field, who could have offered a more balanced perspective.
“We can do all languages, all dialects, and in five years’ time we’ll be able to do even more dialects!” Honestly, I wonder why they didn’t use AI at this po
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Thanks for sharing this, Tom! It was interesting to watch.
I wonder why they only invited salespeople to the table, leaving out the more important stakeholders who actually know their job - you know, the hands-on interpreters, the ITI, and the academics in this field, who could have offered a more balanced perspective.
“We can do all languages, all dialects, and in five years’ time we’ll be able to do even more dialects!” Honestly, I wonder why they didn’t use AI at this point - it would have been better spoken than this lot.
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Diana Edmond wrote:

Thanks for sharing this, Tom! It was interesting to watch.
I wonder why they only invited salespeople to the table, leaving out the more important stakeholders who actually know their job - you know, the hands-on interpreters, the ITI, and the academics in this field, who could have offered a more balanced perspective.
“We can do all languages, all dialects, and in five years’ time we’ll be able to do even more dialects!” Honestly, I wonder why they didn’t use AI at this point - it would have been better spoken than this lot.


I enjoyed the "I want to kill you" looks directed by the translating agency woman at the DeepL woman, who took the opportunity to do a big sales pitch for what DeepL is going to do next.

[Edited at 2024-11-13 15:10 GMT]


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Much ado Nov 14, 2024

In essence:
- Can AI replace interpreters in courts?
- No.
- Case closed!


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Thank you, Tom Nov 14, 2024

Very interesting discussion. Thank you for the link.

Tom in London
 


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Evidence session at the UK House of Lords, featuring DeepL and others






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