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In May this year, I engaged in a bit of a tweetversation with celebrated American author Joyce Carol Oates. One of her tweets caught my attention: a harmful mischaracterization about translators coming from a prominent figure could really hurt the reputation that we work so hard to maintain. Listen in to learn more about this exchange and watch the video version of this episode for screen captures from Twitter.

RECOMMENDED READING FOR CONTEXT:

Machine translations

• 7 Reasons Why Machines Cannot Replace Human Translators
• Human vs. Machine
• The Fundamental Reason Machine Translations Can Never Replace Translators
• Automatic Translation Machines Will Never Replace Human Translators

Identity translations

• Translators Weigh in on The Amanda Gorman Controversy
• Hill We Climb Translation Backlash Sparks Controversy
• Why a white poet did not translate Amanda Gorman
• Amanda Gorman's Poetry United Critics. It's Dividing Translators

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