Characterizing the Effects of Translation on Intertextuality using Multilingual Embedding Spaces (2025.naacl-short)
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| Challenge: | a new study characterizes the preservation of intertextuality across human and machine translations . intertextual references can range from direct quotation to semantic resemblance, both within and between texts . |
| Approach: | They use multilingual embedding spaces to characterize preservation of intertextuality . they use biblical texts, which are both full of inter textual references . |
| Outcome: | The proposed method characterizes preservation of intertextuality across human and machine translations. |
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