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Are Character-level Translations Worth the Wait? Comparing ByT5 and mT5 for Machine Translation

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Main Authors:	Edman, Lukas, Sarti, Gabriele, Toral, Antonio, van Noord, Gertjan, Bisazza, Arianna
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2023
Subjects:	Computation and Language
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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