4 comments

  • domschl 54 minutes ago
    Why was the comment of the author of the translation-site that explains the methodology flagged / dead?

    The mere fact that the translation was AI-assisted shouldn't be a reason to flag a comment. AI translations, especially supervised translations, can actually achieve a reasonable level of quality.

    Disagreement on AI philosophy shouldn't be a reason to flag a contribution.

    • sweisman 37 minutes ago
      A professional book editor and Hebrew translator said the translation of the one work he checked out was "impressive".

      Others have responded equally positively to the Latin translations.

      AI as a panacea is overwrought, but there are genuine positive uses of it. Would critics rather have NO translations of these pivotal works?

      • NetOpWibby 20 minutes ago
        Yes, because if a human didn’t do it, how will we know of the translation is free of mistakes? /s
        • sweisman 7 minutes ago
          Professional translators don't throw around the word "impressive" like that.

          You don't, yet I still stand by my work.

          I translated some books up to four times as I refined the process. The default behavior is repeatedly to not attempt to translate text it can't resolve for whatever reason. AIs do have a tendency to hallucinate, and I expended a lot of effort on minimizing this problem to the point it can be considered mitigated.

  • madhu_ghalame 55 minutes ago
    This is a valuable initiative. It would be great to include more historical context alongside each translated work.
  • bflesch 51 minutes ago
    Nice project, but I think the PDF format could be improved. I'd prefer having landscape layout and original text and translated text side-by-side or keep the portrait layout and do a line-by-line translation so that it is easier to review and spot translation errors.
    • sweisman 42 minutes ago
      Thank you.

      Your suggestion makes sense, and you are not the first to offer it.

      Maybe someday, although probably not CC licensed.

  • sweisman 2 hours ago
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