The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Quality of Saudi Translators' Performance

Abstract

The current research aims to investigate the impact of artificial intelligence on the translation quality of Saudi learners’ performance in Saudi Universities. It also seeks to explore the Saudi translators’ attitudes towards using artificial intelligence in the translation process. Therefore, the study will use a mixed approach: quantitative and qualitative. A closed ended questionnaire was used to explore the Saudi students’ attitudes towards using artificial intelligence tools in translating texts. On the other hand, a translation test was utilized to evaluate the impact of AI on students’ translation performance. Both the quantitative and qualitative data of the questionnaire and the test have been investigated by descriptive statistics. The results indicated that AI-based translation tools had increased the experimental group’s proficiency and their translation performance surpassed that of the control group.