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Creative and Context-Aware Translation of East Asian Idioms with GPT-4

arXiv 2410.00988 ↗First posted 1 Oct 2024cs.CLcited by 10

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Abstract (arXiv)

As a type of figurative language, an East Asian idiom condenses rich cultural background into only a few characters. Translating such idioms is challenging for human translators, who often resort to choosing a context-aware translation from an existing list of candidates. However, compiling a dictionary of candidate translations demands much time and creativity even for expert translators. To alleviate such burden, we evaluate if GPT-4 can help generate high-quality translations. Based on automatic evaluations of faithfulness and creativity, we first identify Pareto-optimal prompting strategies that can outperform translation engines from Google and DeepL. Then, at a low cost, our context-aware translations can achieve far more high-quality translations per idiom than the human baseline. We open-source all code and data to facilitate further research.

Key facts. Cited by 10 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026). Builds on 25 of its 42 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 1 Oct 2024.

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