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mBART: multilingual full-sequence denoising for translation transfer

Contribution grade

Multilingual sequence pretraining · Human-designed research method or resource

Reference score145,000Provisional editorial estimate of this exact contribution; its grade is assessed separately.

What changed

Pretrained a complete shared encoder–decoder on corrupted multilingual text using span masking and sentence permutation, then adapted the initialization to supervised and unsupervised translation.

Scientific scope

Pretrained a complete shared encoder–decoder on corrupted multilingual text using span masking and sentence permutation, then adapted the initialization to supervised and unsupervised translation. Inherits BART's denoising and Transformer architecture. The contribution is multilingual full-sequence pretraining and transfer study, not invention of denoising or translation. Gains are data-resource and language-pair dependent; original25-language model is not later expanded releases.

Evidence

The linked original sources describe the stated contribution and its evidence limits. WRS has not independently rerun the experiments or certified a proof. Inherits BART's denoising and Transformer architecture. The contribution is multilingual full-sequence pretraining and transfer study, not invention of denoising or translation. Gains are data-resource and language-pair dependent; original25-language model is not later expanded releases.

Contributors

Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.

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