NewsJul 21, 2025by Emily Warner
GlobeScribe founders Betsy Reavley and Fred Freeman, left, and Ian Giles, chair of the Society of Authors’ Translators Association, right (©Camila França)
As more companies explore AI literary translation, the rapid progression of the technology and what that could mean for the future has divided the book industry.
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