Translating a Policy Document into Plain English

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  • This assignment asks undergraduate students to translate a complex policy document into plain English and then compare their output to the output of a large language model asked to do the same task. Students critically compare the semantic choices and sacrifices they made during the translation with the meaning lost during the machine translation, which attunes them to the risks and benefits of LLM output. It can be adapted to most disciplines and course levels.
TitleTranslating a Policy Document into Plain English
CreatorLaquintano, Timothy P.
SourceTextGenEd: Teaching with Text Generation Technologies
Academic DepartmentEnglish
DivisionHumanities
OrganizationLafayette College
Date Issued2023
Date Available2023-09-14
TypePart of Book
LanguageEnglish
Bibliographic CitationLaquintano, T. P. (2023) "Translating a Policy Document into Plain English." In A. Vee, T. Laquintano, and C. Schnitzler (eds.), TextGenEd: Teaching with Text Generation Technologies. The WAC Clearinghouse. https://wac.colostate.edu/repository/collections/textgened/professional-writing/translating-a-policy-document-into-plain-english/
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