PROST-LLM: Progressively Enhancing the Speech-to-Speech Translation Capability in LLMs

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Autori principali: Xu, Jing, Wang, Jiaqi, Tan, Daxin, Chen, Xiao
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author Xu, Jing
Wang, Jiaqi
Tan, Daxin
Chen, Xiao
author_facet Xu, Jing
Wang, Jiaqi
Tan, Daxin
Chen, Xiao
contents Although Large Language Models (LLMs) excel in many tasks, their application to Speech-to-Speech Translation (S2ST) is underexplored and hindered by data scarcity. To bridge this gap, we propose PROST-LLM (PROgressive Speech-to-speech Translation) to enhance the S2ST capabilities in LLMs progressively. First, we fine-tune the LLMs with the CVSS corpus, employing designed tri-task learning and chain of modality methods to boost the initial performance. Then, leveraging the fine-tuned model, we generate preference pairs through self-sampling and back-translation without human evaluation. Finally, these preference pairs are used for preference optimization to enhance the model's S2ST capability further. Extensive experiments confirm the effectiveness of our proposed PROST-LLM in improving the S2ST capability of LLMs.
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spellingShingle PROST-LLM: Progressively Enhancing the Speech-to-Speech Translation Capability in LLMs
Xu, Jing
Wang, Jiaqi
Tan, Daxin
Chen, Xiao
Computation and Language
Although Large Language Models (LLMs) excel in many tasks, their application to Speech-to-Speech Translation (S2ST) is underexplored and hindered by data scarcity. To bridge this gap, we propose PROST-LLM (PROgressive Speech-to-speech Translation) to enhance the S2ST capabilities in LLMs progressively. First, we fine-tune the LLMs with the CVSS corpus, employing designed tri-task learning and chain of modality methods to boost the initial performance. Then, leveraging the fine-tuned model, we generate preference pairs through self-sampling and back-translation without human evaluation. Finally, these preference pairs are used for preference optimization to enhance the model's S2ST capability further. Extensive experiments confirm the effectiveness of our proposed PROST-LLM in improving the S2ST capability of LLMs.
title PROST-LLM: Progressively Enhancing the Speech-to-Speech Translation Capability in LLMs
topic Computation and Language
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.16618