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Language defines the world. But it rarely treats everyone equally. The language used by each individual has the power to perpetuate dangerous stereotypes. This is true also for translations, where the context is as important as the content. It takes a keen eye from a translator to notice the social and historical connotations of the words chosen. Even with artificial intelligence used for machine translations, the same issue emerges. This event concentrates on questions of gender bias: How can we define and analyse gender bias from (machine) translation?
Student of language technology
Teemu Pöyhönen (University of Helsinki), translator
Kate Sotejeff-Wilson and PhD candidate
Anna Merikallio (University of Turku) discuss the topic. Professor of translation studies
Maarit Koponen (University of Eastern Finland) hosts the debate.
Organizer: Goethe-Institut Finnland and SKTL – The Finnish Association of Translators and Interpreters
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