AI and New Language Technologies

Hi! We are all aware that most AI models are biased towards English (usually American English) which has a negative impact on language diversity. Low-resource languages in particular are often overlooked. The European Commission is tackling this challenge by using the multilingual data generated by EU institutions to contribute to European LLMs with the goal of promoting greater language equality. You can find out more here.

Hello everyone!

I thought I would give you a heads-up about the upcoming KCTI Research Corner. On 5 March, a new KCTI Research Corner titled "Teaching Translation in the Age of Generative AI" will take place.

The event will feature speakers Joss Morkens, JC Penet, and Masaru Yamada, who authored the recently published book, "Teaching Translation in the Age of Generative AI: New Paradigm, New Learning?".

The event will be held in English, and there's no need to register. You can learn more about the event, topics, and speakers on the event page.

We also invite you to check out the speakers' book, which is available on KCTI Publications.

Hello everyone,

If you have not come across it yet, here is a recent reflection paper by the Special Interest Group on AI in Translation and Interpreting of the European Language Council:

Peeters, K. et al. (2025). AI for Translation and Interpreting. A Roadmap for Users and Policy Makers.

https://repository.uantwerpen.be/docman/irua/ecef05motoM49

Authored by 25 scholars from 19 universities across 14 countries, the paper calls for a more informed and human-centred use of Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) in translation and interpreting (T&I).

While recognising AI’s productivity potential, the authors highlight key concerns:

• LLMs generate fluent text by predicting words, not by understanding meaning — which can result in deceptive fluency, inaccuracies, bias and disparities between high- and low-resource languages.

• Survey data (n=600 professionals, 55 countries) show persistent quality concerns, mixed productivity gains, economic anxiety and a strong demand for proper AI training.

• Important ethical and legal issues arise around data protection, accountability, bias, environmental cost and human deskilling.

The central message is clear: GenAI offers powerful tools, but not substitute solutions for human expertise. In high-stakes or sensitive contexts, professional translators and interpreters remain essential to ensure quality, trustworthiness and responsible communication.

I hope you find it an interesting and worthwhile read.

Dear community,

We have news to share! eReporting, the European Commission’s new AI-based multilingual tool is now available to support academia, public administrations, SMEs, and NGOs with complex reporting obligations. Built on the same secure infrastructure as eTranslation, eReporting helps you quickly map all the steps required under EU-funded projects and helps you generate structured activity reports from your existing documents (such as meeting minutes, progress reports and deliverables) in over 30 languages. With a simple drag-and-drop interface and no prompting skills needed, it turns time-consuming, multilingual reporting into a streamlined process, giving you more time to focus on the content that matters.

Test it and let us know what you think, and why not test all the other Digital Europe - AI-based Multilingual Services

On Tuesday, 24 February 2026, from 10:30 to 12:00 (CET), colleagues from DG Translation will share key insights from the 2025 Translating Europe Forum (TEF) and reveal the topic for TEF 2026.

The theme of the TEF 2025 was 'quality matters', in a sector where AI is being used more and more. If this sounds interesting to you, you can sign up here: Echoes of the 2025 Translating Europe Forum.

We're looking forward to seeing you!

I recently came across this Tedx talk and I think her topic of research is very interesting! We often hear about how AI may replace human translators and interpreters, but we don't often hear about how being exposed to machine translation is affecting our own use of language right now; maybe even making it less varied and spontaneous. I also tend to agree with Lise Volkart's assertion that 'AI hype often outstrips performance'. From what I could find out online, her research is still in progress. Do you have any recommendations about other research on the topic? Or maybe other presentations that go into a little more detail, general observations, etc...? Thanks!

Hello,

I’m sharing below some upcoming conferences on new technologies are how they are shaping interpretation and translation. I hope you find them interesting. Feel free to share any other events you're aware of :)

1. Traduction & Qualité 2026: How to Stay Creative in the Era of Machines? - Lille, 30 January 2026
2. Artificial Intelligence and Audiovisual Translation: Challenges and New Horizons - Palermo, 23-24 April 2026
3. New Research in Translation and Interpreting Studies 2026 - Tarragona, 26-27 June 2026
4. NeTTIT 2026: International Conference ‘New Trends in Translation and Interpreting Technology’- Dubrovnik, 24-27 June 2026

The KCTI Research Corners are events where you can present research and studies to an active and engaged audience. We had already two very successful editions this year, both about AI, with over 300 participants, joining the streaming from all around the world:

1. AI tools in the booth and cognitive load with Bart Defranq and Ana-Maria Pleșca in April
2. Introducing the LT-LiDER Project with Alina Secară, Dragoș Ciobanu and Miguel Rios Gaona in October

We are always looking for more academic projects to cover, so if you would like to present your research, get in touch with us!

On February 29, 2020, AIIC Switzerland hosted a seminar on remote interpreting featuring Klaus Ziegler, Kilian Seeber, Amy Brady and Monica Varela Garcia.

The summary I wrote with Jéssica Ayala and Sébastien Longhurst is now online: https://aiic.ch/press/remote-interpreting-ws2/

I'm currently looking into upgrading our facilities and wondered if colleagues had experiences this wished to share on technologies, or they felt warrant praise in classroom settings.

I'm specifically interested in hearing about classroom management solutions. I’ve found that interpreting hardware is ubiquitous but managing the recording of booths, having playback through the system, having dual playback, all managed at a trainer’s desk seems to baffle the AV providers. Have any of you managed to clear the fog and find an ideal solution?

I'm intrigued byapplications like this auXala and whether they could be used for Virtual Classes. At the moment the hardware infrastructure seems cumbersome - often it doesn't work for simultaneous and when it does only one student can be listened to at a time. I know the VC department is considering an overhaul of its systems but maybe something like this could be the way forward instead. Would this system enable me to get a number of trainers together in Brussels to listen in to a class of students in Shanghai, with each trainer able to listen to a different student by slecting the appropriate channel on their mobile phone? Or am I being wildly unrealistic? I speak as a total tech-ignoramus so any pointers would be very welcome.