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This chapter explores the transformative impact of generative AI on legal translation, highlighting both the opportunities and the associated risks in linguistic, technical, legal, ethical, and cognitive domains. It introduces a comprehensive AI literacy framework specifically designed for legal professionals, emphasizing the necessity of extending traditional competencies to include AI literacy as a core component of legal translation. The framework encompasses four dimensions鈥攆oundational, procedural, critical, and strategic鈥攁imed at fostering digital resilience and enhancing the integration of AI in legal practices.
AI literacy is not just an add-on for legal translators; it's essential for navigating the complexities of generative AI while maintaining professional standards.
Generative AI is transforming legal translation by introducing opportunities alongside linguistic, technical, legal, ethical and cognitive risks. This chapter examines the implications of AI for professional legal translation and proposes an AI literacy framework tailored to the profession. It argues that AI does not change the fundamental objectives of legal translation but requires an extension of professional competence through AI literacy. The proposed framework comprises four mutually reinforcing dimensions, foundational, procedural, critical and strategic, and conceptualises AI literacy as a transversal component of legal translation competence that fosters digital resilience. It further discusses the pedagogical implications of this framework by proposing classroom activities designed to develop AI literacy in legal translator education, enabling future translators to integrate AI critically, responsibly and in accordance with professional standards.
