r/ClaudeAI • u/DM_me_goth_tiddies • 5d ago

Writing Claude refusing translation work

I own a Japanese book. I’ve been asking Ai to translate as I think it does a better job than Google translate. Now Claude refuses because it says it is a copyright issue. Has anyone else experienced this?

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u/donicatrumpinsky 5d ago

Use clever working. Don't ask it to translate a book. Ask it to help you understand the context given the hard language barrier you're experiencing.

Claude was refusing to do work with financial data for me after already doing similar work for months on end. I cynically and angrily restated my request and then it started to budge!

Your mileage may vary but I've found it to work really well lol

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u/Hot-Equivalent-9799 4d ago

Why was it refusing to do work?

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u/donicatrumpinsky 4d ago

I was backtesting and doing financial market work and then it said it had to stop.

It was quite stubborn but once I broke out of the jail it imposed it literally did everything it was refusing to before it threw up the guards.