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Title: Amazon is testing an AI tool that automatically translates books into
other languages

Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2025 18:30:56 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/ai/amazon-is-testing...

Amazon just introduced an AI tool that will automatically translate books
into other languages. The appropriately-named Kindle Translate is being
advertised as a resource for authors that self publish on the platform.

The company says the tool can translate entire books between English and
Spanish and German to English. Amazon promises that more languages are coming
down the pike. It's available right now in a beta form to select authors
enrolled in the Kindle Direct Publishing platform. There's a broader rollout
planned for a later date.

Books that use this service will have a clear Kindle Translate label, which
might serve as a warning to consumers. Translating a book isn't a matter of
just swapping out words. There's a whole lot of nuance and intent behind
those words and it's unclear if the algorithm will be able to handle all of
that. Major literary works often take years to get a decent translation out
the door. Just ask Americans who often have to wait eons to gobble up the
latest book by someone like Haruki Murakami.

This is a modern AI tool, so it's worth considering potential hallucinations.
Nothing ruins a read more than a nonsensical chapter that was completely made
up by a bot. Amazon does say that "all translations are automatically
evaluated for accuracy before publication." Authors can preview the content
before publishing it, but they are unlikely to know the language it's being
translated into. We'll have to see how this all shakes out.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/ai/amazon-is-testing...
translates-books-into-other-languages-183056809.html?src=rss

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