
Translations trends: A look at where we may be going
Despite the remarkable developments in MT and the translation process, further improvements to MT seem all the more daunting as one moves farther down Bly’s list of stages. The human judgment and wisdom required at these stages, rooted as they often are in social and cultural knowledge, seem complex to the point that they do not fit with ease into the flow charts of computer programming.
Literature, philosophy, sociology, law and any other areas of interest which are highly culture-dependent are beyond the scope of MT. It is true now, and will probably always be true.