Automatic Translation and Multilingual Cultural Heritage Retrieval: A Case Study with Transcriptions in Europeana

Cross‐cultural Information Access

“…In information science, there has long been research on multilingual information discovery (Marrero et al, 2021). Recent advances in cross-language search technology and in automated translation of content from one language to another from the "deep learning" revolution are key enablers, of course, but the lowering of linguistic barriers to information access in turn serves to highlight the need for a comparable degree of focus on cultural differences.…”

“…On the other hand, multilingualism has advanced the practices of information retrieval and representations of cultural heritage. For example, Europeana has provided multilingual support, such as multilingual metadata and automatic translations (Király et al, 2019;Marrero et al, 2021) The challenges to be addressed extend well beyond the language in which the content is expressed, however. For example, library standards used worldwide bear imprints from Western, and often North American, knowledge structures, raising concerns over harms from cultural hegemony (McKennon, 2006).…”

“…On the other hand, multilingualism has advanced the practices of information retrieval and representations of cultural heritage. For example, Europeana has provided multilingual support, such as multilingual metadata and automatic translations (Király et al, 2019; Marrero et al, 2021).…”