Multilingual pretraining develops translation in two phases: early copying driven by surface similarities, followed by generalizing mechanisms while copying is refined.
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Copy First, Translate Later: Interpreting Translation Dynamics in Multilingual Pretraining
Multilingual pretraining develops translation in two phases: early copying driven by surface similarities, followed by generalizing mechanisms while copying is refined.