Lost in Translation

As AI book translation services grow in number—and are increasingly embraced by publishers around the world—some literary translators are sounding the alarm about the pitfalls of automation. Debut novelist Rebecca Perry was named one of six finalists for this year’s Booker Prize, alongside the likes of Marlon James, Elizabeth Strout, and Douglas Stuart. And the nation’s largest YA book festival, held annually in Charleston, S.C., is launching an adult-oriented romance programming track after finding that the majority of its attendees were adults. In other news, the author of C'était ça ou mourir, the critically lauded novel currently taking France by storm, has been hit with accusations of AI use, per Euro News. OpenAI has fired multiple contractors responsible for training its AI models after discovering that they were using AI tools in their work, 404 Media reports. Focus Features landed rights to Robert Eggers’s Romeo and Juliet film adaptation following a heated auction, per the Hollywood Reporter. Librarians in schools across Kentucky are reporting an increase in book checkouts following recent districtwide cell phone bans, per WLFI. Piers Morgan said he plans to sue Earl Spencer over a factual error in his new memoir about Princess Diana, for which Spencer apologized, reports the Independent. And on the heels of making his adult fiction debut, John Green talks with the Guardian about fame, YouTube, and AI.