Project

Bias and stereotyping in human and machine translation: the influence of gender and directionality

Code
BOF/STA/202209/038
Looptijd
01 September 2023 → 31 August 2027
Financiering
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Onderzoeksdisciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • Translation studies
    • Interpreting studies
Trefwoorden
vertaalrichting vertaling vooroordelen automatische vertaling gender
 
Projectomschrijving
 

The growing societal debate and increased awareness of gender-inclusive language and non-binary identities pose new challenges for translators. While machine translation (MT) is actively being used in the translation industry, current systems lack the training data or optimization to handle gender-inclusive language strategies as they arise. MT output has been shown to exacerbate biases and perpetuate harmful stereotypes. This project aims to improve our understanding of the occurrence of bias and stereotyping in both human and machine translation by studying languages that grammatically express gender in different ways, taking into account translation directionality.