In this article, I provide a retrospective look at the emergence of translation technologies and summarise the pros and cons of the use of neural machine translation and generative AI tools in medical translation. I will examine both the advantages and the risks for the medical translator.
Medical Writing. 2024;33(1):62–65. https://doi.org/10.56012/fcbh4324
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