A Study on Translator's Subjectivity in the Era of AI Translation

Abstract

Iterations of artificial intelligence translation technology have changed the technical environment for translation activities to some extent, and now people are paying more attention to the role and connotations of translators' subjectivity. Given the technical foundation of AI translation, this paper will study the problem of translator subjectivity from an academic perspective. At the level of the internal mechanism, this paper will investigate how the translator's intentions, values, aesthetics, etc., are expressed in their decisions during translation, and how their thinking process is affected by technology. At the level of external expression, one can study the style effect of translation, the construction of translator identity in cross-cultural communication, and the harmony of technical constraints and subjective will. Research shows that the translator's subjectivity in the era of AI translation has the two attributes of connotation extension and form reconstruction. The translator will always be at the forefront of creating meaning in human-computer cooperation, and their language sensitivity, cultural knowledge and aesthetic imagination are indispensable professional foundations that cannot be replaced by technology.