Efficient Terminology Integration for LLM-based Translation in Specialized Domains

Sejoon Kim, Mingi Sung, Jeonghwan Lee, Hyunkuk Lim, Jorge Gimenez Perez


Abstract
Traditional machine translation methods typically involve training models directly on large parallel corpora, with limited emphasis on specialized terminology. However, In specialized fields such as patents, finance, biomedical domains, terminology is crucial for translation, with many terminologies that should not be translated based on semantics of the sentence but should be translated following agreed-upon conventions. In this paper we introduce a methodology that efficiently trains models with a smaller amount of data while preserving the accuracy of terminology translation. The terminology extraction model generates a glossary from existing training datasets and further refines the LLM by instructing it to effectively incorporate these terms into translations. We achieve this through a systematic process of term extraction and glossary creation using the Trie Tree algorithm, followed by data reconstruction to teach the LLM how to integrate these specialized terms. This methodology enhances the model’s ability to handle specialized terminology and ensures high-quality translations, particularly in fields where term consistency is crucial. Our approach has demonstrated exceptional performance, achieving the highest translation score among participants in the WMT patent task to date, showcasing its effectiveness and broad applicability in specialized translation domains where general methods often fall short.
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2024.wmt-1.51
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Proceedings of the Ninth Conference on Machine Translation
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November
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2024
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Miami, Florida, USA
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Barry Haddow, Tom Kocmi, Philipp Koehn, Christof Monz
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WMT
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Association for Computational Linguistics
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636–642
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Sejoon Kim, Mingi Sung, Jeonghwan Lee, Hyunkuk Lim, and Jorge Gimenez Perez. 2024. Efficient Terminology Integration for LLM-based Translation in Specialized Domains. In Proceedings of the Ninth Conference on Machine Translation, pages 636–642, Miami, Florida, USA. Association for Computational Linguistics.
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