International Booker Prize-winning translator Deepa Bhasthi visited Kathmandu to mentor a literary workshop while advocating for translations that preserve the soul and rhythm of the original language. During the event, she expressed strong opposition to the use of AI in creative translation, arguing that machine-generated text lacks the human emotion and critical intelligence essential for literature.
Booker-winning translator Deepa Bhasthi on why she has ‘nothing kind to say about AI’