Guerrilla Media Collective
Cooperativa de traducción y servicios editoriales feminista y orientada al procomún. También conocidos como @GuerrillaTrans en la otra red. t.co/NoCP0fm0df
🏡 http://guerrillamedia.coop
- Our colleague Timothy McKeon spoke with @cnn.com recently about the perils of AI for the translation industry. “The more it learns, the more obsolete you become,” he said. “You’re essentially expected to dig your own professional grave.”
- By doing our work as humans we are taking a personal stand and pushing back against this monoculture. But our stance also adds value to what we do. If you write, edit or translate with AI – even outside of professional contexts – you'll end up sounding the same as everyone else who uses it.
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- Reposted by Guerrilla Media Collective🚨 El Ministerio de Trabajo de España abre, entre gallos y medianoche, la opción de «participación pública» para presentar aportaciones, hasta el próximo 2 de febrero, al Real Decreto sobre el Estatuto del Artista que PERMITE el uso de IA generativa en los sectores artístico-culturales ⚠️
- El Ministerio de Trabajo y el Ministerio de Cultura actualizan el Estatuto del Artista a través de la modificación del Real Decreto 1435/1985 en el que permiten el uso de la IA generativa (artículo 13) para la generación de contenidos en determinados casos. expinterweb.mites.gob.es/participa/li...
- 'The AI can’t do your job, but an AI salesman can convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can’t do your job. This is key because it helps us build the kinds of coalitions that will be successful in the fight against the AI bubble.'
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- Reposted by Guerrilla Media CollectiveA veces hay que decir basta. Desde ATRAE, nos plantamos ante la precarización de nuestro sector, agravada con el auge de la IA generativa. Echa un vistazo a los vídeos de la campaña, firma nuestro manifiesto por una traducción humana y, sobre todo, ¡haz que corra la voz! www.traduccionhumana.com ✊📣
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- "Machine translation hasn’t even improved with the advent of AI – contrary to the online hype, our industry never got its big OpenAI moment. I’m starting to suspect that we’ve been forced down this path by an unhappy coincidence of sunk costs and economic downturn."
- Reposted by Guerrilla Media Collective“El medio ambiente estaba destruido antes de la guerra. Pero desde que comenzó, ha sido destruido varias veces por encima de la imaginación”, explica Yasser El-Nahhal, químico ambiental y ecotoxicólogo de la Universidad Islámica de Gaza.
- Reposted by Guerrilla Media CollectiveGood literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.
- Amazon has launched a new AI-driven translation service, Kindle Translate, for Kindle Direct Publishing authors 👇 #BookSky
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- Honored to be featured on the list that Metabolic included at the end of "Fertile Ground" as one of the organisations working to transform the economic system in Europe and beyond! 💚 Check out this inspiring mapping effort towards a just and fair transformation ✨ www.metabolic.nl/publications...
- In this age of AI-generated, poor-quality texts all around the world, we firmly believe in higher-quality, human-rendered translations. ✨HAPPY INTERNATIONAL HUMAN TRANSLATION DAY✨ PS. Translators Against The Machine open call is still on: www.guerrillamedia.coop/en/translato...
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- Online Event: International Translation Day 2025, Translating Peace and Truth in Times of Global Crisis 📅30th Sept, Tues. 17h-19h BST via Zoom Free & open to all (registration required) Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/trans...
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- El proyecto recoge relatos de colectivos de trabajadores y trabajadoras en América Latina que amplían los significados de la tecnología mientras luchan por justicia social y celebra el poder de la imaginación para contar otros relatos sobre la tecnología, más allá de la ideología de Silicon Valley.
- Now that summer is about to turn the corner, we are back and ready to lock in! You can read our latest newsletter here:
- "Each editor, translator or proofreader is a specialist in a certain 'genre language', and must be respected, valued, and paid appropriately for their expertise. You cannot simply AI your way out of that." Article by Thalia Sutton. Follow our ongoing Translators Against the Machine open call!
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- "It’s not overly dramatic to say that we risk losing the capacity for cultures to understand one another better if we’re all simply feeding output into each other’s automated translation systems. These risks are existential enough that groups are organizing to push back." Join us in TATM!
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- «Ahora bien, que la ideología tecnocapitalista nos haya hecho creer que somos máquinas sustituibles no significa que sea cierto. Muchas de las capacidades humanas no tienen equiparación con estos sistemas, aunque las funciones a las que nos han asignado sí pueden ser suplantadas».
- Despite our best efforts to slow down and enjoy the summer, we're wrapping up a hectic month at GMC HQ. We had a presentation at the University of Leeds, but we've also wrapped up a couple of big projects in team EN, a book and report translations. Check it out here: textual-healing.ghost.io/6-we/
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- On Wed 2 July, our member Alex attended the 11th European Society for Translation Studies Congress at the University of Leeds to talk about how our model and governance systems help us to resist precarity. What, you couldn't make it? No prob, here you have an account of it. Enjoy!
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- Beyond disappointed to find Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show's subs on @crunchyroll.com are blatantly and openly ChatGPT. This is not acceptable. How can we be expected to pay for a service that clearly doesn't care about the quality of its products?
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- Reposted by Guerrilla Media CollectiveCities Beyond Growth es un curso gratuito en línea de 6 semanas para aprender a crear ciudades más justas y ecológicas. Apúntate ya. El curso comienza el 8 de octubre 🌿 www.tni.org/en/event/cit... 🌿 (El curso se impartirá en inglés con traducción simultánea al español)
- Today is the day! We will be at #ESTLeeds in Session 7 (13:30-15:00) in Roger Stevens LT.21. Our presentation: "Resisting Precarity: An Innovative Business and Governance Model for Language Workers". Cannot attend? No worries, we will talk about it in the next newsletter. Hope to see you there! 🎇
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- We have a new #handbook! It is a beta version and we still need to make it ✨look better✨ (working on visuals atm) but we decided it was time to update it and showcase it for future references. drive.google.com/drive/u/0/fo...
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- What is Feminist Economics? How can we acknowledge the often invisible work that underpins the capitalist economy and apply this approach to a translation and communication collective? Read more: textual-healing.ghost.io/4-how-we-do-...
- Reposted by Guerrilla Media Collective"A punto están los publicistas de inventarse un spot en el que personas como usted y como yo, que aún no hemos incorporado la inteligencia artificial (IA) a nuestras vidas, quedemos como ignorantes". La columna de Elvira Lindo social.elpais.com/1gk0a5
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- Second Edition of 'Think Like a Commoner' now published! In these dire times of uncertainty and chaos, it is more important than ever to join the Commonsverse and hope for a better future. Start to think, feel and act like a commoner! Learn more: thinklikeacommoner.com @davidbollier.bsky.social
- Reposted by Guerrilla Media CollectiveHas it been rough for you too? Find out more about how to join Translators against the Machine: #Localization #Translation #xl8
- Reposted by Guerrilla Media CollectiveTranslators against the Machine is an initiative run by @guerrillamedia.bsky.social to share our experiences navigating the ever-changing localization industry. I've been a translator for 7+ years and since the launch of ChatGPT things have been crazy. Read my (candid) piece: #Translation #xl8
- We need your help! (not money) We're applying for a grant to massively expand the scope and provide our services to those who would otherwise struggle to pay for them, all while making sure that we can put food on our tables. Read more here: textual-healing.ghost.io/4-solidarity...
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- "So I was basically being let go. I was desperate, feeling like there was something wrong with me. “Could it all be because of AI? No, it must be my fault,” I thought." Here is our latest #TranslatorsAgainstTheMachine article! www.guerrillamedia.coop/en/tatm-2-au...
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- «La IA puede hacer algunos trucos ingeniosos, pero en el fondo no es más que una modalidad de búsqueda de patrones estadísticos. [...] Como resultado, la IA genera textos y conocimientos falsos, incluso aun cuando parecen ser correctos». www.guerrillamedia.coop/es/resistenc...
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