Intermediate · 4 lessons · about 30 min · free certificate

AI for translators and interpreters

A practical course on using machine translation and AI assistants for terminology, drafts, post-editing and preparation, while protecting confidentiality and the quality that clients pay for.

For: Translators, interpreters, localizers and bilingual professionals working across any language pair.

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When you finish

  • You can sort language tasks into what AI drafts, what it assists, and what stays human.
  • You can use AI for glossaries, interpreter preparation, first drafts and consistency checks.
  • You can post-edit machine output and catch meaning errors, tone problems and invented content.
  • You can protect confidential, legal and medical material and follow your professional code.
  • You can follow a 30-day plan and explain your value and rates thinking honestly.

Lessons

Final exam and certificate

8 questions. Score 7 or more for a free certificate of completion you can share and add to LinkedIn. Unlimited tries.

Take the final exam

Prompts you can use today

Copy one, replace the [brackets] with your details, and paste it into the AI tool you use. Leave out anything private.

Build a glossary

I am translating a [document type, e.g. product manual] from [source language] to [target language] for [audience]. From this sample text, list the key terms and suggest candidate translations with a note on register. Mark any term with several possible meanings so I can decide. [paste non-confidential sample]

Prepare for an assignment

I am interpreting at a [type of event, e.g. a community health talk or business meeting] between [language A] and [language B]. Give me a one-page prep sheet: common vocabulary, likely abbreviations, cultural points of address and politeness, and questions I should ask the organizer beforehand. Keep it general; I will verify specifics.

Explain why a sentence is ambiguous

This sentence in [source language] can be read in more than one way: [sentence]. List each possible meaning, what clue in context would decide between them, and how each would be rendered in [target language].

Compare two translations

Here is a source sentence and two possible translations. Compare them for accuracy, tone and naturalness for [audience]. Point out any meaning that was added, lost or shifted. Do not choose for me until you have listed the differences. Source: [text] A: [text] B: [text]

Consistency check

Check my translation against this glossary. List every place where a glossary term was not used, or where the same source term was translated differently, with the line number. Do not edit anything. Glossary: [paste] Text: [paste]

Back-translation for review

Translate this [target language] text back into [source language] as literally as possible, without smoothing it. I will compare it with the original to find shifts in meaning.

Draft a quote note for a client

Write a polite message to a client explaining that my quote includes translation by a human professional with machine assistance where appropriate, a review step, and terminology consistency. List what I need from them: source files, reference material, deadline. Do not state specific prices.

Write a style note

Draft a short style note for a translation project covering formality level, handling of names and units, punctuation conventions in [target language], and how to treat untranslatable terms. I will adapt it to the client's preferences.

Ask the AI tutor

Ask anything about this course, in any language. The tutor is an AI: it can be wrong, and it never needs your personal details.

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