chrF is the metric to trust for Thaana; BLEU is unreliable (word segmentation / morphology).
Input (dv): އެއީ، މިދިޔަ އަހަރުގެ މި މުއްދަތާ ބަލާއިރު، 7.6 އިންސައްތައިގެ ކުރިއެރުމެއް ކަމަށްވާއިރު، ދުވާލަކަށް 7،778 ފަތުރުވެރިން ރާއްޖެ ޒިޔާރަތްކުރެއެވެ.
Output (en): That is a 7.6 percent increase compared to the same period last year; on average, 7,778 tourists visit the Maldives per day.
~9–10 GB VRAM (bf16). Qwen tokenizes Thaana at ~1.8 tokens/char — don't over-truncate the input.
Domain = Maldivian news / press / Wikipedia; technical or informal English is out of distribution. Non-human references are machine-generated (distillation).