Comparing DeepL and Google Translate in Translating Arabic Expressive Speech Acts in Masameer: al-Film

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Qualitative comparison of translation quality from Arab animation, revealing Google Translate's superiority in accuracy and acceptability.

Google Translate outperforms DeepL in translation accuracy and acceptability for expressive speech acts.
Quality metrics showed Google Translate scored 2.00 in accuracy, while DeepL scored 1.84, indicating significant differences.
A qualitative-comparative approach was used, analyzing 19 data points with assessments from two experts.
Findings underscore limitations in both engines regarding metaphorical expressions and cultural contexts.

Muthilillah et al. (2025) studied this question.

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Qualitative comparison of translation quality from Arab animation, revealing Google Translate's superiority in accuracy and acceptability.