{"id":2031,"date":"2026-04-19T00:48:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T00:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/?p=2031"},"modified":"2026-04-19T00:48:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T00:48:54","slug":"can-ai-replace-language-translators-and-should-it-uf-linguists-weigh-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/?p=2031","title":{"rendered":"Can AI replace language translators \u2014 and should it? UF linguists weigh in"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-layout-lnk-sptlght wp-block-visual-link-preview-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alligator.org\/article\/2026\/04\/can-ai-replace-language-translators-and-should-it-uf-linguists-weigh-in\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"Can AI replace language translators \u2014 and should it? UF linguists weigh in - The Independent Florida Alligator\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-side\"><div class=\"vlp-block-3 vlp-link-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/snworksceo.imgix.net\/ufa\/146161a5-8c2d-4650-92ac-b98a14f6e3c9.sized-1000x1000.png?w=800&amp;dpr=2&amp;ar=16%3A9&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces\" style=\"max-width: 1024px; max-height: 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-main\"><div class=\"vlp-block-0 vlp-link-url\">www.alligator.org<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-1 vlp-link-title\">Can AI replace language translators \u2014 and should it? UF linguists weigh in &#8211; The Independent Florida Alligator<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-2 vlp-link-summary\">Some language experts and translators agree AI is helpful in language translation, if used in moderation. Other students and faculty criticize the technology for its inability to retain cultural knowledge and say human translation can never be replaced.&nbsp;<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-2031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ciber","tag-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2032,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031\/revisions\/2032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}