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The Use of ChatGpt as an Arabic Translation Tool: A Study of BLEU Metrics Quality and Human Assessment

Pemanfaatan ChatGpt Sebagai Alat Terjemahan Bahasa Arab: Kajian Kualitas Metrik BLEU dan Penilaian Manusia

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21070/ups.11566

Keywords:

ChatGPT, Arabic translation, BLEU

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the quality of ChatGPT translations from Arabic to Indonesian using a combined approach of automated evaluation based on the BLEU metric and human evaluation. The method used was descriptive quantitative analysis, involving 30 students as evaluators who assessed accuracy, acceptability and readability. The results show an average BLEU score of 0.4123, indicating moderate alignment with fluctuating variations. Human evaluation revealed that translation quality falls into the high category for accuracy and readability and the moderate category for acceptability. Furthermore the results indicate that BLEU scores and human evaluations do not always yield similar assessments because the two methods measure different aspects of translation quality. Therefore translation quality evaluation should be conducted in a complementary manner. These findings suggest that ChatGPT has the potential to serve as a translation aid but still requires human evaluation to achieve optimal results.

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2026-08-12