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Professor Ludmila Stern, School of Humanities and Language, University of NSW (UNSW) - "Lost in Translation" – Is Human Expertise Still Critical in Language Translation in the Age of AI –
Monday, 25 May, 2026
Áine speaks with Professor Ludmila Stern founder of the Master of Interpreting and Translation in Interpreting and Translation Studies at UNSW - a professional program endorsed by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI). Professor Sternhas played a key role in shaping translation and interpreting education in Australia over the past 20 years. Professor Stern discusses whether AI has a role in professional translating services; the ethical and practical considerations, especially in specialised translation in court systems, health and mental health settings and whether human expertise till matters. Professor Stern's "main research area is currently in the field of interpreting studies". She" examines interpreter-mediated communication in complex legal/courtroom settings, including those of war trials in national and international courts". She is "particularly interested in the role of interpretation users - judicial officers and lawyers. This includes research on interpreting practices during the Australian War Crimes Prosecutions (1986-1993) and international courts and tribunals, such as the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Court (ICC)". She is "the Lead investigator of the ARC Linkage project Communication between judicial officers and court interpreters: Implications for access to justice https://research.unsw.edu.au/projects/access-justice-interpreted-proceedings. I also work on the project Interpreting in War Crimes Trials. From the Nuremberg Trials to the International Criminal Court".
