AI-Powered Translation: How I Used ChatGPT to Translate an Entire Book for an International Audience
One intriguing quote from the book is: “If we don’t change our ways, we’ll become obsolete.” This sentiment captures the pressing need to evolve within the ever-shifting tourism landscape. The industry faces new challenges and opportunities as technology, globalization, and sustainability become increasingly important. As a result, adaptation is no longer an option; it’s a necessity.
Inspired by this call to action, I harnessed ChatGPT to translate my German book, “Tourismus NEXT,” into English. The book comprehensively explores tourism industry experts’ perspectives, featuring over 700 compelling quotes, all written in a “we” style. So naturally, this posed an intriguing challenge for AI. 🤖 Delving into topics like sustainable development, digitalization, and behavioral economics, the book presents a wealth of knowledge that could benefit from AI’s speed and efficiency to bring it to an international audience.
Embarking on the translation with version 3.5 and innovative prompt engineering, the results showed potential but lacked the polish required for publication. Issues included passive voice, excessive “buts,” missing quotation marks, and occasional loss of context. 🤔 As I worked through these issues, I realized that maintaining the essence of…
