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Fiatsogbe Dzuali1, Kira Seiger2, Roberto Novoa3,4
1Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, 1701 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA, 94115, United States, 1 415-353-7800.
This study assessed ChatGPT's accuracy in translating English patient materials into Spanish, Mandarin, and Russian. While Spanish and Russian translations show promise, Mandarin content needs improvement before clinical application.
Area of Science:
- Medical Translation
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
- Natural Language Processing
Background:
- Accurate patient education materials are crucial for effective healthcare.
- The increasing use of AI tools like ChatGPT presents opportunities and challenges in medical translation.
- Evaluating AI translation accuracy for diverse languages is essential for safe clinical implementation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the accuracy of ChatGPT in translating English patient education materials into Spanish, Mandarin, and Russian.
- To identify specific language pairs where ChatGPT demonstrates higher translation fidelity.
- To underscore the necessity of human oversight for AI-generated medical translations.
Main Methods:
- Comparative analysis of AI-generated translations against original English content.
- Assessment of translation accuracy across three distinct languages: Spanish, Mandarin, and Russian.
- Qualitative review focusing on clinical appropriateness and semantic equivalence.
Main Results:
- ChatGPT demonstrated promising accuracy in translating English medical information into Spanish and Russian.
- Mandarin translations generated by ChatGPT require significant refinement for clinical use.
- The study highlights variability in ChatGPT's performance across different language pairs.
Conclusions:
- ChatGPT shows potential as a tool for translating patient education materials, particularly for Spanish and Russian.
- Mandarin translations necessitate expert review and revision before deployment in clinical settings.
- AI-generated medical translations require a rigorous validation process to ensure patient safety and information integrity.
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