AI-Powered Research on Translation Strategies and Methods and Its Advantages and Disadvantages: A Case Study of the Translation of Ambulance Lectures: First Aid to the Injured

Yuqiong Long, Xiaoling Zhou

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¹ Xiangtan Institute of Technology, Xiangtan 411100, Hunan Province, China,

² South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, Guangdong Province, China,

JCER 2025 , 9(1), 189–197; https://doi.org/10.26689/jcer.v9i1.9317

Abstract

This article, empowered by ChatGPT and through retrieving relevant historical literature, explores how the translator Sun Yat-sen flexibly employed strategies like domestication and foreignization, as well as methods like omission, addition, and modification in his translation of Ambulance Lectures: First Aid to the Injured. Additionally, the research highlights the use of ChatGPT as a tool to assist in the study. While ChatGPT is able to provide comprehensive knowledge quickly and proper translations, improvements are still needed in terms of image accuracy and citation generation. By providing specific context, probing for factual evidence, clarifying the reference objects, and narrowing the scope, prompts can be gradually refined for increasingly satisfactory outcomes.

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