# Experiences translating German philological works with AI

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**Created:** [October 23, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/experiences-translating-german-philological-works-with-ai/31303 "2026-10-23T23:02:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/experiences-translating-german-philological-works-with-ai/31303/1 "2026-10-23T23:02:28Z")

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Recently I had a good(?) idea: to translate German philology works into English using AI. There are a lot of books (the _Antibarbarus_ by Krebs, the _Lateinische Stilistik für Deutsche_ by Von Nägelsbach, the _Repetoria_ for both Latin and Greek by Menge). Since I don’t have time to actually learn German right now, I made ChatGPT translate the _Antibarbarus_ by Krebs and, as far as I can notice (reading the Latin quotations that I fully understand and with my general knowledge of the Latin language) the AI did a good work. If someone wants to check the translation or already tried translating these German works into english, please let me know!

I want to do a final clarification: the only reason for doing something like this is the lack of time. I would translate the books myself if I had the time. Since the works are AI translated, there are just instruments to be used while we wait (or prepare) a better translation.