arXivMikhail Sonkin, Tanja Baeumel, Daniil Gurgurov, Josef van Genabith, Simon OstermannTue, Sep 1, 2026, 7:58 AM PDT

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Study reveals how multilingual AI translates: Syntax first, then wording

Original: Separating Syntax from Language: A Mechanistic Account of Translation in Multilingual LLMs

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