AI RESEARCH
Worlds Within Words: Translating Culture in Ancient Chinese Texts with Multi-Agent Coordination
arXiv CS.CL
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ArXi:2606.01276v1 Announce Type: new Large language model (LLM)-based machine translation has advanced cross-cultural communication, yet it still struggles with culture-loaded words (CLWs) in ancient Chinese texts. The challenge extends beyond lexical alignment to deciding when and how culture-dependent knowledge should be explicated for readers lacking relevant background. Literal translation often preserves surface forms while missing underlying concepts, whereas over-explicitation harms conciseness and readability.