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When Readability and Source Retention Diverge: An Evaluability Gap in AI Translation
arXiv cs.AI · Published · 3 min read
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- What happened
- Study found that readable AI translations can hide how much source content was actually preserved, creating an evaluation gap even when source text is shown.
- Why it matters
- Matters for engineers building translation systems or interfaces where users need to assess whether AI output faithfully represents original content.
- Watch out
- Showing source text alone does not guarantee users can detect differences in content retention, especially with complex material like literary prose.
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- llm
- eval
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The patterns behind this
- Agent-Readable Web (llms.txt / NLWeb)
- Eval-Driven Development (Agent CI)
- Generative UI (Agent-Rendered Interfaces)
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