We have recently added an information page to our website about “free translation” and are interested to hear other people’s thoughts and experiences. Our perspective is that so called “free translation” tools actually damage the image of translation, because they give the impression that what in reality is a highly skilled and professional task can be performed for free by a machine. If machine translation really worked effectively would an organisation with the size and spending power of the US government reportedly have agreed a translation contract last year worth $11.8 billion dollars?

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