Video-guided Multimodal Machine Translation: A Survey of Models, Datasets, and Challenges

ACL ARR 2025 May Submission4177 Authors

Abstract: In recent years, machine translation has evolved with the integration of multimodal information. Infusion of multi-modality into translation tasks decreases ambiguation and enhances translation scores. Common modalities include images, speech, and videos, which provide additional context alongside the text to be translated. While multimodal translation with images has been extensively studied, video-guided machine translation (VMT) has gained increasing attention, particularly since Wang et al. 2019 first explored this task. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive overview of VMT, highlighting its unique challenges, methodologies, and recent advancements. Unlike previous surveys that primarily focus on image-guided multimodal translation, this work explores the distinct complexities and opportunities introduced by video as a modality.

Paper Type: Long

Research Area: Machine Translation

Research Area Keywords: Multimodality, Machine Translation, VideoLLMs

Contribution Types: Surveys

Languages Studied: Chinese, English, Japanese

Submission Number: 4177