IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON TRANSLATION AND ITS FUTURE IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Translation is the process of transferring meaning from one language into another, not just word by word but also by carrying cultural, social, and contextual aspects. In today’s globalized world, translation is important for diplomacy, international trade, science, literature, media, and education. It plays vital role in cultures to interact, share knowledge, and preserve diversity. For instance, due to the translation of many holy books and the work of saints, social reformers it reaches wider audiences. It becomes easy to spread our ideas or important information at the each corner of the society or the world only through translation. Similarly, multinational companies like Apple, Samsung, and Netflix rely on translation and localization to reach consumers in different cultural markets. In education field, research and scientific inventions also it plays a crucial role. In previous periods translation work depends on the talent and skill of the translators. It had limitations. Now days we found different digital facilities to translate the work. It reduces the skill and opportunities to the human being. On the other hand it is the big challenge for humans. So we can say that it is nothing but the struggle between Men vs. machine in the age of digitalization. So the question is whether the digital technologies are ban or boon to the society? Hence to discuss the same issue the researcher has selected the topic- Impact of Technology on Translation and its future in the digital age.