The English Trap: Gender Bias and Grammatical Information Loss Through English-Influenced Universal Representations in Multilingual NMT

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Authors: Vasileios Alexandris, Nikolaos Asimopoulos
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Abstract

Dataset and code accompanying the paper "The English Trap" (2026). Contains 112 annotated sentences across 3 MT systems and 2 translation directions (Spanish→Greek, Greek→Spanish), with gender bias annotations, justifications, error type classifications, full pivot language translations, back-translations, and exact-match scores for 16 candidate pivot languages. Version 2.0: complete dataset replacing v1 which had incomplete pivot scores.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Natural Language Processing Techniques Translation Studies and Practices Topic Modeling

Publication details

Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
18 February 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Dataset