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From Tool Use to Technological Agency: LoopCAT as a Local-First, Open-Source Tool for Translation Technology Education

arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · article · Aug 31, 2026 · UTC

Translation students need to learn both how to use translation technologies and how to judge the choices those technologies make available. This article presents LoopCAT, an Apache-2.0-licensed, local-first computer-assisted translation environment co-created with OpenAI Codex using GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.6, and proposes a framework connecting workflow competence, evaluative judgement, and technological agency. The account draws on repository history, implementation inspection, and the verification records of an identified development build. LoopCAT combines local project storage, translation memor

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