This interesting article analyzes the pros and cons of machine translation and indicates that “existing machine translation systems are more about complementing human translation rather than replacing it.”  The article provides the following  statement at the end:

“… anything that requires creativity or originality is almost by definition not suitable for statistical based machine translation – because a system that only leverages past translations can never come up with something as creative and original as a human being.

Ultimately, good translation is a creative process. Machine translation is an incredibly powerful tool, but thinking it can replace human translators is like thinking an oven can replace a chef.”

See: RXNDcompany

Do you agree?