GOSt-MT: A Knowledge Graph for Occupation-related Gender Biases in Machine Translation

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Main Authors: Mastromichalakis, Orfeas Menis, Filandrianos, Giorgos, Tsouparopoulou, Eva, Parsanoglou, Dimitris, Symeonaki, Maria, Stamou, Giorgos
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Published: 2024
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author Mastromichalakis, Orfeas Menis
Filandrianos, Giorgos
Tsouparopoulou, Eva
Parsanoglou, Dimitris
Symeonaki, Maria
Stamou, Giorgos
author_facet Mastromichalakis, Orfeas Menis
Filandrianos, Giorgos
Tsouparopoulou, Eva
Parsanoglou, Dimitris
Symeonaki, Maria
Stamou, Giorgos
contents Gender bias in machine translation (MT) systems poses significant challenges that often result in the reinforcement of harmful stereotypes. Especially in the labour domain where frequently occupations are inaccurately associated with specific genders, such biases perpetuate traditional gender stereotypes with a significant impact on society. Addressing these issues is crucial for ensuring equitable and accurate MT systems. This paper introduces a novel approach to studying occupation-related gender bias through the creation of the GOSt-MT (Gender and Occupation Statistics for Machine Translation) Knowledge Graph. GOSt-MT integrates comprehensive gender statistics from real-world labour data and textual corpora used in MT training. This Knowledge Graph allows for a detailed analysis of gender bias across English, French, and Greek, facilitating the identification of persistent stereotypes and areas requiring intervention. By providing a structured framework for understanding how occupations are gendered in both labour markets and MT systems, GOSt-MT contributes to efforts aimed at making MT systems more equitable and reducing gender biases in automated translations.
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spellingShingle GOSt-MT: A Knowledge Graph for Occupation-related Gender Biases in Machine Translation
Mastromichalakis, Orfeas Menis
Filandrianos, Giorgos
Tsouparopoulou, Eva
Parsanoglou, Dimitris
Symeonaki, Maria
Stamou, Giorgos
Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
Gender bias in machine translation (MT) systems poses significant challenges that often result in the reinforcement of harmful stereotypes. Especially in the labour domain where frequently occupations are inaccurately associated with specific genders, such biases perpetuate traditional gender stereotypes with a significant impact on society. Addressing these issues is crucial for ensuring equitable and accurate MT systems. This paper introduces a novel approach to studying occupation-related gender bias through the creation of the GOSt-MT (Gender and Occupation Statistics for Machine Translation) Knowledge Graph. GOSt-MT integrates comprehensive gender statistics from real-world labour data and textual corpora used in MT training. This Knowledge Graph allows for a detailed analysis of gender bias across English, French, and Greek, facilitating the identification of persistent stereotypes and areas requiring intervention. By providing a structured framework for understanding how occupations are gendered in both labour markets and MT systems, GOSt-MT contributes to efforts aimed at making MT systems more equitable and reducing gender biases in automated translations.
title GOSt-MT: A Knowledge Graph for Occupation-related Gender Biases in Machine Translation
topic Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.10989