CRITICS: Critical Science Without Borders by Translation of Scientific Knowledge

Rodrigo Agerri, Itziar Aldabe, Elena Cabrio, Mark Cieliebak, Jan Deriu, Mariana Flores, Jurgita Kapočiūtė-Dzikienė, Dovilė Kuizinienė, Arantza Rico, Aritz Ruiz-González, Aitor Soroa, Mantas Vaškevičius, Serena Villata


Abstract
The CRITICS project addresses science accessibility and literacy through the convergence of advanced Machine Translation (MT) based on Large Language Models (LLMs) and educational technology. By leveraging MT systems specifically optimized for scientific content, educational institutions can provide accurate, culturally relevant translations of scientific materials in higher-education students’ native languages, ensuring that complex scientific concepts are comprehensible while maintaining technical accuracy. Novel research on MT specifically tailored for scientific documents aims to break down language barriers in accessing cutting-edge research and educational materials currently only available in high-resourced languages such as English, thereby facilitating the democratization of scientific knowledge across linguistic boundaries.
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2026.eamt-2.23
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Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the European Association for Machine Translation (Volume 2)
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June
Year:
2026
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Tilburg, The Netherlands
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Dimitar Shterionov, Eva Vanmassenhove, Mirella De Sisto, Fred Blain, Javad Pourmostafa Roshan Sharami, Lisa Lepp, Chiara Manna, Argentina Anna Rescigno, Alina Karakanta, Ayla Rigouts Terryn, Manuel Lardelli, Natalia Resende, Elena Murgolo, Janiça Hackenbuchner, Anna Zaretskaya, Miquel Esplà-Gomis, Thierry Etchegoyhen, Dagmar Gromann, Rachel Bawden, Barry Haddow, Sara Szoc, Mikel Forcada, Helena Moniz
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EAMT
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European Association for Machine Translation
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47–48
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Rodrigo Agerri, Itziar Aldabe, Elena Cabrio, Mark Cieliebak, Jan Deriu, Mariana Flores, Jurgita Kapočiūtė-Dzikienė, Dovilė Kuizinienė, Arantza Rico, Aritz Ruiz-González, Aitor Soroa, Mantas Vaškevičius, and Serena Villata. 2026. CRITICS: Critical Science Without Borders by Translation of Scientific Knowledge. In Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the European Association for Machine Translation (Volume 2), pages 47–48, Tilburg, The Netherlands. European Association for Machine Translation.
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