Ask Language Model to Clean Your Noisy Translation Data

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.13469v3
• Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 16:14:55 GMT
• Title: Ask Language Model to Clean Your Noisy Translation Data
• Authors: Quinten Bolding, Baohao Liao, Brandon James Denis, Jun Luo, Christof Monz
• Abstract summary: We focus on cleaning the noise from the target sentences in MTNT, making it more suitable as a benchmark for noise evaluation. We show that large language models (LLMs) can effectively rephrase slang, jargon, and profanities. Experiments on C-MTNT showcased its effectiveness in evaluating the robustness of NMT models.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Transformer models have demonstrated remarkable performance in neural machine translation (NMT). However, their vulnerability to noisy input poses a significant challenge in practical implementation, where generating clean output from noisy input is crucial. The MTNT dataset is widely used as a benchmark for evaluating the robustness of NMT models against noisy input. Nevertheless, its utility is limited due to the presence of noise in both the source and target sentences. To address this limitation, we focus on cleaning the noise from the target sentences in MTNT, making it more suitable as a benchmark for noise evaluation. Leveraging the capabilities of large language models (LLMs), we observe their impressive abilities in noise removal. For example, they can remove emojis while considering their semantic meaning. Additionally, we show that LLM can effectively rephrase slang, jargon, and profanities. The resulting datasets, called C-MTNT, exhibit significantly less noise in the target sentences while preserving the semantic integrity of the original sentences. Our human and GPT-4 evaluations also lead to a consistent conclusion that LLM performs well on this task. Lastly, experiments on C-MTNT showcased its effectiveness in evaluating the robustness of NMT models, highlighting the potential of advanced language models for data cleaning and emphasizing C-MTNT as a valuable resource.

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