Large Language Models for Multilingual Code Intelligence: A Survey

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Main Authors: Jiang, Chao, Liu, Dugang, Wen, Cheng, Xu, Zhiwu, Zheng, Hua, Sadiq, Muhammad, Shamsi, Jawwad Ahmed, Qin, Shengchao, Ming, Zhong
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author Jiang, Chao
Liu, Dugang
Wen, Cheng
Xu, Zhiwu
Zheng, Hua
Sadiq, Muhammad
Shamsi, Jawwad Ahmed
Qin, Shengchao
Ming, Zhong
author_facet Jiang, Chao
Liu, Dugang
Wen, Cheng
Xu, Zhiwu
Zheng, Hua
Sadiq, Muhammad
Shamsi, Jawwad Ahmed
Qin, Shengchao
Ming, Zhong
contents Large language models have transformed AI-assisted software engineering, but current research remains biased toward high-resource languages such as Python, with weaker performance in languages like Rust and OCaml. Since real-world systems are inherently polyglot, robust multilingual code intelligence is crucial. This survey focuses on two key tasks: multilingual code generation from shared natural-language requirements, and multilingual code translation that preserves semantics across languages. It reviews representative methods, benchmarks, and evaluation metrics, and highlights challenges and opportunities for trustworthy cross-language generalization.
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spellingShingle Large Language Models for Multilingual Code Intelligence: A Survey
Jiang, Chao
Liu, Dugang
Wen, Cheng
Xu, Zhiwu
Zheng, Hua
Sadiq, Muhammad
Shamsi, Jawwad Ahmed
Qin, Shengchao
Ming, Zhong
Software Engineering
Machine Learning
Programming Languages
Large language models have transformed AI-assisted software engineering, but current research remains biased toward high-resource languages such as Python, with weaker performance in languages like Rust and OCaml. Since real-world systems are inherently polyglot, robust multilingual code intelligence is crucial. This survey focuses on two key tasks: multilingual code generation from shared natural-language requirements, and multilingual code translation that preserves semantics across languages. It reviews representative methods, benchmarks, and evaluation metrics, and highlights challenges and opportunities for trustworthy cross-language generalization.
title Large Language Models for Multilingual Code Intelligence: A Survey
topic Software Engineering
Machine Learning
Programming Languages
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.25960