This course explores the application of machine learning to the processing of textual information and its translation into other languages. With a practical emphasis, the course will explore the role of machine learning and artificial intelligence in translation technologies, with an emphasis on language understanding and machine translation system fine-tuning and evaluation. Students will be introduced to no-code and/or low-code machine learning libraries and platforms (Lobe, Vertex AI, Generative AI Studio, etc.) and will gain hands-on experience through practical assignments. The course will culminate in a final project aiming to solve a real-world problem in relation to translation, such as creating a translation tool for emergency response communication between different languages, enhancing accessibility of health-related information, building a real-time translation system for social media platforms to break language barriers, etc.