Approche pratique et critique de l'IA en traduction et séminaire de première année

Approche pratique et critique de l'IA en traduction

This theoretical and reflective course offers a critical introduction to the practical and ethical challenges of AI. It is designed for first-year translation and interpreting students (B1) and has no technical prerequisites.

The course aims to : 

• Tackle fears, preconceptions, and clichés about AI;
  
  
• Raise awareness of current practical and ethical challenges posed by AI, particularly in the translation industry;
  
  
• Highlight the benefits and limitations of AI tools ;
  
  
• Promote a reflective and critical approach to these technologies.

Approche pratique et critique de l'IA en traduction

By the end of the course sessions, students will:

• Have developed a critical understanding of the practical and ethical challenges of AI, in translation and in other fields;
• Be able to take a stance on concrete AI applications or current debates related to AI;
• Be able to analyse the direct and indirect implications of these applications;
• Be equipped to consider relevant and responsible AI applications.

Approche pratique et critique de l'IA en traduction

Very good command of French

Approche pratique et critique de l'IA en traduction

- Readings (press articles, academic papers, AI usage policies)

- Listening & viewing activities (podcasts, online courses)

- Tool testing 

- Discussions 

Approche pratique et critique de l'IA en traduction

Face-to-face course

Approche pratique et critique de l'IA en traduction

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus


Further information:

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
- MyULiège


Further information:

Course materials (PPTs, videos, readings, podcasts) will be posted on eCampus.

Recommended readings

Bowker, L. et J. Buitrago Ciro (2019). Machine Translation and Global Research: Towards Improved Machine Translation Literacy in the Scholarly Community. Emerald Publishing.

Corteel, M. (2025). « Face à la dérive autoritaire, sortons de l'illusion de l'IA ». AOC média. https://aoc.media/analyse/2025/03/31/face-a-la-derive-autoritaire-sortons-de-lillusion-de-lia/

Crawford, K. (2023). Contre-atlas de l'Intelligence artificielle. Zulma.

Moorkens, J. (2022). « Ethics and Machine Translation ». Machine Translation for Everyone: Empowering Users in the Age of Artificiel Intelligence, édité par D. Kenny, Language Science Press.

Poibeau, T (2022). « On "Human Parity" and "Super Human Performance" in Machine Translation Evaluation », Proceedings of LREC 2022, édité par N. Calzolari et al., ELRA, p. 6018-6020.

Université de Genève. (sept. 2024). Guide d'usage des IA génératives à l'intention de la communauté universitaire. Université de Genève. https://www.unige.ch/numerique/fr/plan-daction/ia1/accueil/guide-pratique-ia/ 

Université de Liège. (déc. 2023). Charte ULiège d'utilisation des intelligences artificielles génératives dans les travaux universitaires. Université de Liège. https://tinyurl.com/yzs65bkw 

Approche pratique et critique de l'IA en traduction

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam

Out-of-session test(s)


Further information:

Group presentation (out-of-session) (50%)

In-session written exam (50%)

In the resit period, students who did not complete the group presentation during the semester, as well as those wishing to improve their mark for this component, must also take an individual oral exam in addition to the written exam.

One week before the oral exam, students must submit by email their presentation slides (PowerPoint or PDF format) together with a presentation outline including:

• the student's name;
• the chosen topic;
• the bibliographic references 

Approche pratique et critique de l'IA en traduction

For pedagogical reasons,the number of Erasmus students who may enrol in this course is limited.

 

Approche pratique et critique de l'IA en traduction

Perrine Schumacher

p.schumacher@uliege.be