Beyond Human Exceptionalism: Arguing for AI's Creative Competence in Literary Translation

Authors

  • Dr. Jalal SOLTANI

Keywords:

Artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, Kahlil Gibran, literary translation, the Prophet.

Abstract

Thisconsequences of transformative AI forliterary translation, or how, in other words,artificial intelligence already challenges its
presumed role as a translator. Bycomparing AI-generated translations andcanonical human translations of Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet, we show thatsystems like ChatGPT can fulfill core

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References

Bachir, A. (n.d.). Al-nabi [The Prophet] (A. Bachir, Trans.). Dar Al-Hilal. (Original work published 1923)

Bassnett, S. (2014). Translation studies (4th ed.). Routledge.

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Published

2026-01-25

How to Cite

Dr. Jalal SOLTANI. (2026). Beyond Human Exceptionalism: Arguing for AI’s Creative Competence in Literary Translation . Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 16(1), 1575–1583. Retrieved from https://www.pegegog.net/index.php/pegegog/article/view/4845

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Vol. 16 No. 1 (2026): PEGEGOG

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