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Case chronology
ATLF and ATLAS issue a joint statement on AI and literary translation
The associations oppose automation of creative translation, call for disclosure of machine pretranslation and defend translators' creative and contractual choices.
ATLF announces translation-contract AI clauses
The association announces that its model contract adds training opt-out clauses and restrictions on AI use in translation, and recommends that members use them.
ATLAS page update reiterates demands for human-creation subsidies and training control
The update calls for public subsidies to be reserved for human creation, labelling of AI cultural products and an effective ability to refuse training uses of works.
ATLF describes December 2024 model-contract AI clauses
Official explanation lists restrictions on translation production, exploitation of rights and model training, recommending their negotiation.
Research question
translation is explicitly creative labour, not a replaceable service. Resistance connects to disclosure, subsidies, training control and contractual mechanisms.
Related documents
DOC-0328AI and literary translation: translators demand transparencyDOC-0329AI and literary translation: translators demand transparencyDOC-0331Machine translation and post-editing — ATLF survey conducted 20 November–13 December 2022DOC-0523Update to the model translation contractDOC-0524Generative-AI clauses in the ATLF model contractDOC-0525Model translation contract (updated 1 January 2024)DOC-0526Generative-AI clauses of the ATLF model contractDOC-0957The dangers of artificial intelligence in translation: an interview with Jonathan Seror, legal adviser to the Association of Literary Translators of FranceSources
ATLF / ATLAS · FR · Date unknown
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