Redefining Machine Simultaneous Interpretation: From Incremental Translation to Human-Like Strategies (2026.findings-acl)
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| Challenge: | Simultaneous machine translation requires high-quality translations under strict real-time constraints. |
| Approach: | They extend the action space of simultaneous machine translation with four adaptive actions . they adapt these actions in a large language model framework and construct training references . |
| Outcome: | The proposed framework improves semantic metrics and achieves lower delay compared to reference translations and salami-based baselines. |
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