journal article·2025Open access

Improving Machine Translation Formality with Large Language Models

Murun Yang, Fuxue Li

Computers, Materials & Continua· Volume 82· Issue 2

Abstract

Preserving formal style in neural machine translation (NMT) is essential, yet often overlooked as an optimization objective of the training processes. This oversight can lead to translations that, though accurate, lack formal... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Tech Science Press
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