Human-AI Symbiosis in the Chinese-English Translation of Wang Wei’s Poems from the Perspective of the Hermeneutic Cycle —A Case Study of “The Magnolia Dale”

Key Points

• This study aims to explore the collaborative dynamics between AI translation models and human translators in translating classical poetry.
• Compared the translations of ChatGPT-4 and DeepSeek with those of human translators.
• Conducted multiple rounds of translation practice to analyze the translation process.
• Focused on semantic, imagery, and stylistic dimensions of the translation.
• AI provided diverse semantic and stylistic options during the translation process.
• Human translators filtered and refined these options based on aesthetic judgment and cultural understanding.
• The iterative interaction between AI and humans improved the translation quality and addressed cultural discrepancies.