First-Year Seminars 110TS - Translate This Page

Smartphones -- that superpower in our back pockets -- allow us to talk with someone in many languages we don't know, to read unfamiliar character sets and to translate pages from other highly resourced languages. In this seminar, we will explore the implications of the communication revolution powered by artificial intelligence translation tools. How, in the face of digital disparities, should a commitment to language justice shape our use of these technologies? How does Mount Holyoke's mission of "purposeful engagement in the world" depend on the work of translation on campus and globally? We will discuss the translations we do and live regularly in our scholarly, professional and everyday activities. We will explore translation studies scholarship and reflect on our own linguistic and translation experiences through individual, artisanal translation projects.

Mount Holyoke first-year students only, by placement.