The Differences between Generative Artificial Intelligence and Human Translators in the English Translations of Classical Chinese Poetic Allusions: A Case Study of Du Fu's Poetry

Wonna Chen

doi:10.47297/wsprolaadWSP2634-786534.20260703

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The Differences between Generative Artificial Intelligence and Human Translators in the English Translations of Classical Chinese Poetic Allusions: A Case Study of Du Fu's Poetry

Volume 7, Issue 3

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The Differences between Generative Artificial Intelligence and Human Translators in the English Translations of Classical Chinese Poetic Allusions: A Case Study of Du Fu's Poetry
The Differences between Generative Artificial Intelligence and Human Translators in the English Translations of Classical Chinese Poetic Allusions: A Case Study of Du Fu's Poetry
Zhujiang College of South China Agricultural University, Zhujiang, Guangdong, 510900, China
Vol. 7, Issue 3, Pages: 154-159(2026)
Online First：04 August 2026，

Published：30 June 2026
DOI：10.47297/wsprolaadWSP2634-786534.20260703
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Chen Wonna.The Differences between Generative Artificial Intelligence and Human Translators in the English Translations of Classical Chinese Poetic Allusions: A Case Study of Du Fu's Poetry[J].Research on Literary and Art Development,2026,07(03):154-159.
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Chen Wonna.The Differences between Generative Artificial Intelligence and Human Translators in the English Translations of Classical Chinese Poetic Allusions: A Case Study of Du Fu's Poetry[J].Research on Literary and Art Development,2026,07(03):154-159. DOI： 10.47297/wsprolaadWSP2634-786534.20260703.

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This study use Xu Yuanchong's "Three Beauties theory"(beauty in conception

beauty in sound and beauty in form) as theoretical basis

analyzing the differences between generative artificial intelligence and human translators in translating the poetic allusions. It arouse our discussion about whether the artificial intelligence have a better performance than human translators and whether the translation version generated by AI is beneficial to foreign readers understand easier. Generally

AI perform worse than human translators when translating allusion of classical Chinese poetry.Some of AI cannot express accurately the implication that allusions represented.Compared with AI

the version by human translator translate more correct and exactly express the emotion and implication from original poems

also rolling of the tongue more smoothly.

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