A Study on AI Generated Translations and Human AI Collaborative English Translation of Culture loaded Words of Guangxi Zhuang Brocade from the Perspective of Three Dimensional Transformation in Eco Translatology

Abstract

As a representative national‑level intangible cultural heritage of Guangxi, Zhuang Brocade embodies the unique rice‑farming civilization, totem beliefs and folk traditions of the Zhuang people, giving rise to numerous culture‑loaded words with semantic gaps in the English linguistic context. With the deepening of cultural‑tourism exchanges between China and ASEAN, the demand for international dissemination of Guangxi Zhuang Brocade keeps growing. Nevertheless, AI‑generated translations produced by large‑language models represented by Doubao mostly stay at the superficial level of linguistic transfer, and tend to produce biased terminologies or lose cultural connotations when coping with Zhuang‑originated cultural concepts. Taking the linguistic, cultural and communicative three‑dimensional transformation of Eco‑Translatology as the analytical framework, this paper classifies culture‑loaded words of Guangxi Zhuang Brocade into four categories: weaving implements, craft techniques, totem patterns and folk‑custom‑related items. Using AI‑generated translations output by the Doubao large‑language model as research corpus, it analyzes manifestations of translational ecological imbalance from three dimensions. It further explores how translators conduct human post‑editing on AI‑generated translations based on three‑dimensional transformation, so as to construct a human‑AI collaborative translation path assisted by large‑language models. This study expects to offer references for the external translation and publicity of Guangxi Zhuang Brocade and similar ethnic handicraft intangible cultural heritage across China.