Signal AI Literacy for Legal Translation: Developing Digital Resilience

Summary

Łucja Biel published a paper on arXiv (cs.CY) on August 5, 2026, examining the implications of generative AI for professional legal translation, which the author argues brings opportunities alongside linguistic, technical, legal, ethical, and cognitive risks. The paper proposes an AI literacy framework tailored to the legal translation profession, arguing that AI does not change the field's fundamental objectives but requires an extension of professional competence through AI literacy. The proposed framework comprises four mutually reinforcing dimensions — foundational, procedural, critical, and strategic — conceptualizing AI literacy as a transversal component of legal translation competence that fosters digital resilience. The paper discusses pedagogical implications by proposing classroom activities designed to develop AI literacy in legal translator education, aiming to enable future translators to integrate AI critically, responsibly, and in accordance with professional standards.