Re:Facts will not Save You - AI, History and Soviet Sci-Fi
by shaky on Monday August 04, 2025 @02:56PM
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I don't understand: the translation is not good because he omitted the author's name? He stated it plainly in his article:
> As it happens, I recently translated a short story by Kir Bulychev — a Soviet science-fiction icon virtually unknown in the West.
I for one enjoyed reading it! As for the article, it's on point. There will be fewer historians and translators, but I suspect those that stick around will be greatly amplified.
Re:Facts will not Save You - AI, History and Soviet Sci-Fi
by chupasaurus on Monday August 04, 2025 @03:48PM
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> I for one enjoyed reading it!
I gave a quick look and was surprised to see that the most of the first two paragraphs simply aren't there. I guess you've read something else!
As for machine translation: currently it isn't remotely ready to deal with literature by itself, but it could be handy to assist translators.
Re:Facts will not Save You - AI, History and Soviet Sci-Fi
by WastedCucumber on Monday August 04, 2025 @05:23PM
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In the PDF linked in the article there's only the title of the story, and not the author's name.
And I don't have any skill in Russian, but I would say that his translation is not good, or at least was not thoughtfully made, based solely on the fact that he did not write the author's name in it.