ChatGPT, as a language model based on large-scale pre-training, has exerted a profound influence on the domain of machine translation. In ChatGPT, a "Prompt" refers to a segment of text or instruction employed to steer the model towards generating a specific category of response. The design of the translation prompt emerges as a key aspect that can wield influence over factors such as the style, precision and accuracy of the translation to a certain extent. However, there is a lack of a common standard and methodology on how to design and select a translation prompt. Accordingly, this paper proposes a generic taxonomy, which defines gradable translation prompts in terms of expression type, translation style, POS information and explicit statement, thus facilitating the construction of prompts endowed with distinct attributes tailored for various translation tasks. Specific experiments and cases are selected to validate and illustrate the effectiveness of the method.
翻译:ChatGPT作为一种基于大规模预训练的语言模型,对机器翻译领域产生了深远影响。在ChatGPT中,“提示”指用于引导模型生成特定类型响应的一段文本或指令。翻译提示的设计成为关键环节,能在一定程度上影响翻译的风格、精确度和准确性。然而,目前缺乏关于如何设计和选择翻译提示的通用标准与方法。为此,本文提出了一种通用分类体系,从表达类型、翻译风格、词性信息和显式陈述四个维度定义可分级的翻译提示,从而为不同翻译任务构建具有不同属性的提示。通过选取具体实验和案例,验证并阐明了该方法的有效性。