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Authority vs. Automation: From Corpora to LLMs for Reliable Legal Terminology

2026 · MDTT · 0 citations · 11 references
Computer Science

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It is argued that neither source alone offers a complete solution, and effective legal translation workflows require the complementary use of LLMs for speed and adaptability, corpora for terminological precision and evidential transparency, and expert human judgment for authority.

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