# Language news, Saturday, 17 October 2026

Compiled by Richard Brooks's language news desk. Canonical: https://richard-brooks.com/language-news/2026-10-17/

## Netflix's Spike airs AI-dubbed Dutch with literal errors like 'Hier je gaat'

Tech. A top-10 children's series in the Netherlands shows AI dubbing reaching young audiences in a smaller language, with calques parents can hear. Netflix had not replied to RTL Nieuws.

Source: RTL Nieuws, https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/artikel/5659195/fouten-kinderserie-op-netflix-door-nasynchronisatie-met-ai-hier-je-gaat

## Scotland funds AITEAL to record 500 hours of spoken Gaelic for AI

Tech. Lack of recorded speech is the main block on Gaelic transcription and translation tools. A community-run corpus from island speakers, with the data kept by a Gaelic organisation, is the piece those tools have been missing.

Source: Scottish Government, https://www.gov.scot/news/breaking-down-digital-barriers-to-gaelic/