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IJLLL 2025 Vol.11(5): 222-226
DOI: 10.18178/IJLLL.2025.11.5.605

AI Translation’s Semiotic Power Reconstruction: A Marxist Perspective on Global Discourse Dynamics in Aerospace Terminology Dissemination

Jiayi Liu
School of Marxism, Chang’an Campus, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
Email: 827959360@qq.com (J.Y.L.)

Manuscript received January 14, 2025; accepted March 8, 2025; published September 25, 2025.

Abstract—This study investigates the ideological dynamics embedded in AI-mediated aerospace terminology translation through the lens of Marxist semiotic theory. By analyzing 2,346 bilingual entries from NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), China Aerospace Standard GB/T 38182-2019, and ESA Multilingual Glossary, we reveal how machine translation systems reconfigure symbolic power relationships in global technological discourse. Utilizing Bourdieu’s field theory combined with LDA topic modeling, our mixed-methods approach demonstrates three critical findings: (1) 78.2% of culturally loaded terms exhibit systematic bias favoring Anglophone technological narratives, (2) AI translation algorithms disproportionately preserve Western aerospace neologisms while domesticating Chinese technical coinages, and (3) emerging “algorithmic symbolic capital” creates new center-periphery dynamics in knowledge production. These results challenge the presumed neutrality of AI translation in international scientific communication, exposing how digital tools perpetuate existing power asymmetries under technological determinism. The study contributes to critical digital humanities by establishing a Marxist analytical framework for techno-linguistic power analysis.

Keywords—AI translation, Marxist criticism, semiotic power, aerospace discourse, digital humanities

Cite: Jiayi Liu, "AI Translation’s Semiotic Power Reconstruction: A Marxist Perspective on Global Discourse Dynamics in Aerospace Terminology Dissemination," International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 222-226, 2025.

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