A Comparative Analysis of AI Translation Tools for Chinese University Students' English Writing Assistance
With the rapid development of artificial intelligence, AI translation tools have gained widespread popularity among Chinese university students in their daily lives and academic studies. College students have grown accustomed to relying on such tools to finish English writing and revise linguistic errors, making AI translation an indispensable auxiliary resource for their English learning. This paper selects three mainstream translation platforms, namely Doubao, Youdao Translate and ChatGPT, which represent domestic Chinese generative AI, traditional Chinese translation software and the most popular overseas generative AI respectively. This paper compares their translation accuracy on formal news articles and informal personal letters from three dimensions: grammar, lexical selection and textual coherence. Adopting data analysis and comparative analysis to ensure objectivity and rigor, this research intends to help undergraduates pick high-quality translation aids. The experimental results reveal that ChatGPT achieves the best overall translation performance, followed by Youdao Translate and then Doubao. In conclusion, ChatGPT is the most suitable option for Chinese college students in English writing practice.