1 Introduction

Discussed the ethical and legal issues faced by machine translation in the context of the development of artificial intelligence technology, as well as the discussion of these issues in the academic community. This article introduces the publication background, main content, and academic value of the book "Building Responsible Machine Translation: Exploring Ethical and Legal Issues". The book is co edited by the President of the European Machine Translation Association and the R&D Manager of RWS Group's Yiyan Tong. It gathers the views of 25 experts and scholars and comprehensively explores the ethical and legal issues of machine translation. The book covers multiple disciplines such as philosophy, ethics, and law, deeply reflecting on the ethical dilemmas of machine translation and exploring how to develop and deploy machine translation systems that comply with ethical standards. The publication of this book reflects the high attention of academia to ethical issues in machine translation, providing rich perspectives and materials for ethical research in translation technology, and pointing out the direction of future research and practice.

2 Content Introduction

This book is the fourth volume of the "Machine Translation: Technology and Applications" series, consisting of 11 papers that explore various aspects of machine translation ethics. Chapter 1 Introduction emphasizes the concept of responsible artificial intelligence, discusses issues such as data bias, licensing and rights, ecological footprint in machine translation, and introduces the structure and content of the book. The next 10 papers are divided into three parts: ethical, philosophical, and legal issues of machine translation; Machine translation from the perspective of end-users; The social impact of machine translation.

3 Brief Reviews

The book "Building Responsible Machine Translation: Exploring Ethical and Legal Issues" provides a platform for examining ethical issues in machine translation, characterized by: 1) focusing on cutting-edge topics and emerging technologies such as data security, translation rights, intellectual property, and exploring emerging areas such as end-user ethical impact, ecological footprint, and voice privacy; 2) Constructing a stakeholder ecosystem for machine translation from a multidisciplinary perspective, focusing on the ethical responsibilities of multiple stakeholders, and providing insights and solutions for developing regulatory mechanisms; 3) Explore the application and ethical challenges of human-computer interaction in the field of machine translation, and propose multiple solutions. Although the book lacks sufficient attention to ethical education in translation technology, care for vulnerable groups, and ethical issues in generative artificial intelligence technology, it still has important academic value and practical significance, providing a comprehensive perspective and in-depth insights for machine translation ethics research, and pointing out future research directions.

4 Conclusion

Emphasis was placed on the importance of machine translation technology in intelligent translation and the ethical concerns it raises. The book "Building Responsible Machine Translation: Exploring Ethical and Legal Issues" provides a platform for interdisciplinary exploration of the ethics of translation technology, comprehensively sorting out the forefront issues of machine translation ethics research, and has theoretical and practical value. Future research needs to deepen the exploration of ethical issues in emerging technologies, strengthen interdisciplinary cooperation, promote the development of ethical education in translation technology, and transform research results into ethical guidelines and policy recommendations. The ethical research on machine translation should adhere to the principles of people-oriented and intelligent goodness, establish a global ethical governance mechanism for machine translation technology, create auditable, supervised, traceable, and trustworthy machine translation technology, ensure that technological development is in line with human ethical values, and achieve harmonious coexistence between technology and ethics.