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NOT REPLACED, BUT REDEFINED
Machine translation, human agency, and the EMI educator as translator
As machine translation (MT) grows increasingly fluent, the human translator is not being replaced but redefined. This study explores that redefinition within English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI), where content and language learning intersect. In EMI classrooms, lecturers and students often act as de facto translators -negotiating meaning across languages using AI-powered translation tools. Adopting a theoretical descriptive methodology, the paper aims to investigate how MT reshapes the human translator's role from sole author to critical curator. Findings revealed that when used collaboratively, MT enhances cross-linguistic comprehension, accelerates feedback, and allows human agents to focus on cultural nuance, pragmatic inference, and ethical judgment—tasks machines cannot yet own. However, risks persist: algorithmic bias, over-reliance on automated fluency, and the erosion of students' own translation skills. The study proposes a pragmatic, human-centered model: machine translation as a co-pilot, not a replacement. In EMI contexts, this means transforming translation from a hidden necessity into a visible, teachable competence. The human translator of the AI era becomes a pedagogic mediator-guiding, correcting, and culturally mediating between algorithmic outputs and learning goals. Ultimately, AI tools complement rather than replace human instruction, bridging pedagogy with digital transformation while preserving ethical responsibility