Not lost in Translation – Ed Crook, DeepL

About this episode

Ed Crook from DeepL discusses the intersection of AI and language learning, startup challenges in Germany, and the importance of language education.

Many people will have learning another language on their bucket list and with the help of AI that reality is creeping ever closer. Ed Crook, strategy and operation leader at German-based AI translation firm DeepL discusses how the startup is helping business get language nuance right, what it is like to build a startup in Germany and why he thinks there will always be a place for language learning in schools.

People in this episode

Guest: Ed Crook

Topics covered

• AI translation
• language learning
• startup culture
• business strategy
• education

Keywords

• AI
• translation
• DeepL
• language learning
• startup
• Germany
• business

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DeepL

Places: Germany

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