{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4416033563","doi":"https://doi.org/10.18653/v1/2025.wmt-1.45","title":"UvA-MT\u2019s Participation in the WMT25 General Translation Shared Task","display_name":"UvA-MT\u2019s Participation in the WMT25 General Translation Shared Task","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4416033563","doi":"https://doi.org/10.18653/v1/2025.wmt-1.45"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.18653/v1/2025.wmt-1.45","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.18653/v1/2025.wmt-1.45","pdf_url":"https://aclanthology.org/2025.wmt-1.45.pdf","source":null,"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the Tenth Conference on Machine Translation","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://aclanthology.org/2025.wmt-1.45.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100599890","display_name":"Di Wu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4753-8161"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I887064364","display_name":"University of Amsterdam","ror":"https://ror.org/04dkp9463","country_code":"NL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I887064364"]}],"countries":["NL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Di Wu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Language Technology Lab University of Amsterdam"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Language Technology Lab University of Amsterdam","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I887064364"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5102006569","display_name":"Yan Meng","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7030-5980"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I887064364","display_name":"University of Amsterdam","ror":"https://ror.org/04dkp9463","country_code":"NL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I887064364"]}],"countries":["NL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yan Meng","raw_affiliation_strings":["Language Technology Lab University of Amsterdam"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Language Technology Lab University of Amsterdam","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I887064364"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5120308266","display_name":"Maya Konstantinovna Nachesa","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I887064364","display_name":"University of Amsterdam","ror":"https://ror.org/04dkp9463","country_code":"NL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I887064364"]}],"countries":["NL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Maya Konstantinovna Nachesa","raw_affiliation_strings":["Language Technology Lab University of Amsterdam"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Language Technology Lab University of Amsterdam","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I887064364"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5020572311","display_name":"Seth Aycock","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I887064364","display_name":"University of Amsterdam","ror":"https://ror.org/04dkp9463","country_code":"NL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I887064364"]}],"countries":["NL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Seth Aycock","raw_affiliation_strings":["Language Technology Lab University of Amsterdam"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Language Technology Lab University of Amsterdam","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I887064364"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5109059955","display_name":"Christof Monz","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I887064364","display_name":"University of Amsterdam","ror":"https://ror.org/04dkp9463","country_code":"NL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I887064364"]}],"countries":["NL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Christof Monz","raw_affiliation_strings":["Language Technology Lab University of Amsterdam"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Language Technology Lab University of Amsterdam","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I887064364"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I887064364"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"688","last_page":"694"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10181","display_name":"Natural Language Processing Techniques","score":0.23600000143051147,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10181","display_name":"Natural Language Processing Techniques","score":0.23600000143051147,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10465","display_name":"Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism","score":0.10679999738931656,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2805","display_name":"Cognitive Neuroscience"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/28","display_name":"Neuroscience"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10034","display_name":"Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation","score":0.05939999967813492,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1203","display_name":"Language and Linguistics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/task","display_name":"Task (project management)","score":0.6190000176429749},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/translation","display_name":"Translation (biology)","score":0.42800000309944153},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/matching","display_name":"Matching (statistics)","score":0.2989000082015991},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/feature","display_name":"Feature (linguistics)","score":0.2773999869823456},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/key","display_name":"Key (lock)","score":0.2662000060081482}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780451532","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q759676","display_name":"Task (project management)","level":2,"score":0.6190000176429749},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5497999787330627},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149364088","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185917","display_name":"Translation (biology)","level":4,"score":0.42800000309944153},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C204321447","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30642","display_name":"Natural language processing","level":1,"score":0.38350000977516174},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.3643999993801117},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.3057999908924103},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.2994000017642975},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C165064840","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1321061","display_name":"Matching (statistics)","level":2,"score":0.2989000082015991},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.2980000078678131},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776401178","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12050496","display_name":"Feature (linguistics)","level":2,"score":0.2773999869823456},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26517878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228039","display_name":"Key (lock)","level":2,"score":0.2662000060081482},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C46312422","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11024","display_name":"Communication","level":1,"score":0.26589998602867126},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780791683","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q846785","display_name":"Action (physics)","level":2,"score":0.2615000009536743},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C175154964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380077","display_name":"Task analysis","level":3,"score":0.2535000145435333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C9652623","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190109","display_name":"Field (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.2524000108242035}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.18653/v1/2025.wmt-1.45","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.18653/v1/2025.wmt-1.45","pdf_url":"https://aclanthology.org/2025.wmt-1.45.pdf","source":null,"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the Tenth Conference on Machine Translation","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:dare.uva.nl:openaire/29a6fc34-656f-4338-a788-a426372165e3","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://handle.uba.uva.nl/personal/pure/en/publications/uvamts-participation-in-the-wmt25-general-translation-shared-task(29a6fc34-656f-4338-a788-a426372165e3).html","pdf_url":"https://pure.uva.nl/ws/files/306470822/2025.wmt-1.45.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400088","display_name":"UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I887064364","host_organization_name":"University of Amsterdam","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I887064364"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Wu, D, Meng, Y, Nachesa, M, Aycock, S & Monz, C 2025, UvA-MT's Participation in the WMT25 General Translation Shared Task. in B Haddow, T Kocmi, P Koehn & C Monz (eds), Tenth Conference on Machine Translation : Proceedings of the Conference : WMT 2025 : November 8-9, 2025. Kerrville, TX, pp. 688-694, 10th Conference on Machine Translation, WMT 2025, Suzhou, China, 8/11/25. https://doi.org/10.18653/v1/2025.wmt-1.45","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject"},{"id":"pmh:oai:dare.uva.nl:publications/29a6fc34-656f-4338-a788-a426372165e3","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://hdl.handle.net/11245.1/29a6fc34-656f-4338-a788-a426372165e3","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400088","display_name":"UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I887064364","host_organization_name":"University of Amsterdam","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I887064364"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Wu, D, Meng, Y, Nachesa, M, Aycock, S & Monz, C 2025, UvA-MT's Participation in the WMT25 General Translation Shared Task. in B Haddow, T Kocmi, P Koehn & C Monz (eds), Tenth Conference on Machine Translation : Proceedings of the Conference : WMT 2025 : November 8-9, 2025. Kerrville, TX, pp. 688-694, 10th Conference on Machine Translation, WMT 2025, Suzhou, China, 8/11/25. https://doi.org/10.18653/v1/2025.wmt-1.45","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.18653/v1/2025.wmt-1.45","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.18653/v1/2025.wmt-1.45","pdf_url":"https://aclanthology.org/2025.wmt-1.45.pdf","source":null,"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the Tenth Conference on Machine Translation","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4416033563.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4416033563.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0],"paper":[1],"presents":[2],"UvA-MT's":[3],"submission":[4],"to":[5,37,140],"the":[6,17,76,86,107,110,146,151,154],"WMT":[7],"2025":[8],"shared":[9],"task":[10],"on":[11,114],"general":[12],"machine":[13],"translation,":[14],"competing":[15],"in":[16,102,131],"unconstrained":[18],"track":[19],"across":[20,135],"all":[21],"16":[22],"translation":[23],"directions.Unusually,":[24],"this":[25,139],"year":[26],"we":[27],"use":[28],"only":[29],"WMT25's":[30],"blind":[31],"test":[32,79],"set":[33],"(source":[34],"sentences":[35],"only)":[36],"generate":[38],"synthetic":[39],"data":[40,64],"for":[41,52],"LLM":[42],"training,":[43],"and":[44,78,84,99,129],"translations":[45],"are":[46,81],"produced":[47],"using":[48,116],"pure":[49],"beam":[50],"search":[51],"submission.Overall,":[53],"our":[54],"approach":[55],"can":[56],"be":[57],"seen":[58],"as":[59,94],"a":[60,96,100,141],"special":[61],"variant":[62],"of":[63,104,109,153],"distillation,":[65],"motivated":[66],"by":[67],"two":[68],"key":[69],"considerations:":[70],"(1)":[71],"perfect":[72],"domain":[73],"alignment,":[74],"where":[75,145],"training":[77],"domains":[80],"distributionally":[82],"identical;":[83],"(2)":[85],"strong":[87],"teacher":[88,155],"model,":[89,112],"GPT-4o-mini,":[90,121],"offers":[91],"high-quality":[92],"outputs":[93,108,119,126],"both":[95,123],"reliable":[97],"reference":[98],"fallback":[101],"case":[103],"mere":[105],"memorization.Interestingly,":[106],"resulting":[111],"trained":[113],"Gemma3-12B":[115,130],"Bestof-N":[117],"(BoN)":[118],"from":[120,127],"outperform":[122],"original":[124],"BoN":[125],"GPT-4omini":[128],"some":[132],"high-resource":[133],"languages":[134],"various":[136],"metrics.We":[137],"attribute":[138],"successful":[142],"model":[143,148],"ensemble,":[144],"student":[147],"(Gemma3-12B)":[149],"retains":[150],"strengths":[152],"(GPT-4o-mini)":[156],"while":[157],"implicitly":[158],"avoiding":[159],"its":[160],"flaws.":[161]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-07-14T23:27:15.235271","created_date":"2025-11-08T00:00:00"}