Speaker

Shani Tobias

Dr Tobias is a Lecturer in the Master of Interpreting and Translation Studies at Monash University in Melbourne, where she mainly teaches specialised translation, transcreation and collaborative translation practices. She has published research in literary and cultural translation, as well as translator training and professional development. She is also a certified Japanese-to-English translator.

Sessions

Workshop - Why we need a pilot to fly a plane: Testing the capabilities and limitations of AI in the translation classroom

This interactive workshop will incorporate AI into learning activities in innovative ways. Participants will discover what sets human translators apart from AI: our individuality, creativity, and uniquely human abilities as critical thinkers and intercultural mediators. We will also explore how collaboration with AI tools may nevertheless be useful in the translation process (from research to...

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