The final note that all AI-assisted translations are reviewed by the newsroom is also interesting. If they are going to take the time to review it and have enough experience in both languages to verify the translation, why use the LLM for it at all?
I've done my fair share of translating as a bilingual person and having an LLM to do a first pass at translation saves TON of time. I don't "need" LLM, but it's definitely a helpful tool.
People generally read (and make minor edits if necessary) much faster than they can write.
This will give the reporter more time to work on more articles, and we as a foreigner to Korea, getting more authentic Korean news that is reviewed by Korean and not be Google Translate.
> If the reporter needs an LLM to help translate they could easily be missing subtle mistranslations.
Two different editors.
But as others mentioned, this is helpful even for the same editor to do.