# UDS--DFKI Submission to the WMT2019 Similar Language Translation Shared Task

## TL;DR

This paper describes the UDS-DFKI system for the WMT 2019 shared task on similar language translation, achieving second place in Czech to Polish translation and analyzing the impact of out-of-domain data.

## Contribution

The paper introduces a translation system tailored for similar languages and evaluates its performance across multiple language pairs in a shared task setting.

## Key findings

- Achieved second place in Czech-Polish translation.
- Analyzed the impact of out-of-domain data on system performance.
- Demonstrated competitive results among ten teams.

## Abstract

In this paper we present the UDS-DFKI system submitted to the Similar Language Translation shared task at WMT 2019. The first edition of this shared task featured data from three pairs of similar languages: Czech and Polish, Hindi and Nepali, and Portuguese and Spanish. Participants could choose to participate in any of these three tracks and submit system outputs in any translation direction. We report the results obtained by our system in translating from Czech to Polish and comment on the impact of out-of-domain test data in the performance of our system. UDS-DFKI achieved competitive performance ranking second among ten teams in Czech to Polish translation.