Enhancing MTI Translation Competence in the Era of AI: Based on UNESCO’s AI Competency Framework for Students

Artificial intelligence (AI) is undergoing unprecedented changes, significantly impacting the translation industry. In 2024, UNESCO released the AI Competency Framework for Students, which establishes a comprehensive dimension based on a two-dimensional content structure, four levels of competencies, and three levels of proficiency, promoting a positive interaction between humans and machines. Students in the Master of Translation and Interpreting Program represent the future talent pool of the translation industry. A key issue for every translator in the current era is how to maintain the subjectivity of the translator amid the AI wave, cultivating new opportunities in times of crisis and leveraging the translator’s subjective initiative.