Utilisation of Artificial Intelligence in Accurate Translation of Peace Agreements: A Practical Assessment

Author: Adam Farquhar

This report explores how Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies can enhance the translation of peace agreements for the PA-X Peace Agreements Database. Peace agreements are vital instruments in conflict resolution, making accurate translations essential. This report addresses the challenges of translating these complex documents, which has traditionally relied on academic researchers, translation professionals, and domain experts. The report examines AI-driven approaches to improve sustainability, efficiency, and linguistic precision in this critical work.

The appendices for this report are available here: Appendices: Tests on the Translation of the Text

Peace Analytics Series

PeaceRep’s Peace Analytics Series features the research methodology underlying the PeaceTech innovations of the PeaceRep programme.

The series includes: data scoping research; ‘how to’ discussions relating to particular challenges in the field of visualisations and geocoding; and other proof-of-concept tech-based innovations, such as the use of natural language processing. It is intended to present the methodologies and decisions behind our PeaceTech digital research, to make it transparent, and to contribute to establishing a new research digital infrastructure in the field of peace and conflict studies, by supporting others to reuse and repurpose our methodologies and findings.