diff --git a/onmt/transforms/filtering.py b/onmt/transforms/filtering.py
index 46807af1..d0055a8d 100644
--- a/onmt/transforms/filtering.py
+++ b/onmt/transforms/filtering.py
@@ -83,4 +83,50 @@ def apply(self, example, **kwargs):
 
     def _repr_args(self):
         """Return str represent key arguments for class."""
-        return '{}={}'.format('word_ratio_threshold', self.word_ratio_threshold)
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+        return '{}={}'.format('word_ratio_threshold', self.word_ratio_threshold)
+
+@register_transform(name='filterrepetitions')
+class FilterRepetitions(Transform):
+    """Filter segments with repeated content. Useful e.g. for filtering data generated by a low-quality NMT model."""
+
+    def __init__(self, opts):
+        super().__init__(opts)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def add_options(cls, parser):
+        """Avalilable options relate to this Transform."""
+        group = parser.add_argument_group("Transform/Filter")
+        group.add("--rep_threshold", "-rep_threshold", type=int, default=2, help="Number of times the substring is repeated.")
+        group.add("--rep_min_len", "-rep_min_len", type=int, default=3, help="Minimum length of the repeated pattern.")
+        group.add("--rep_max_len", "-rep_max_len", type=int, default=100, help="Maximum length of the repeated pattern.")
+
+    def _parse_opts(self):
+        self.rep_threshold = self.opts.rep_threshold
+        self.rep_min_len = self.opts.rep_min_len
+        self.rep_max_len = self.opts.rep_max_len
+
+    def apply(self, example, **kwargs):
+        """Return None if the repeated pattern appears more than n-threshold times."""
+        # compiled regexp for finding repetitions
+        rstring = f'(\\S.{{{self.rep_min_len-1},{self.rep_max_len}}}?)(?: *\\1){{{self.rep_threshold},}}'
+        regex = re.compile(rstring)
+        reps = []
+        for segment in example['src'], example['tgt']:
+            match = regex.search(' '.join(segment))
+            print(match)
+            if match:
+                full = match.group(0)
+                repeated = match.group(1)
+                rep = full.count(repeated) - 1
+            else:
+                rep = 0
+            reps.append(rep)
+        print(reps)
+        if max(reps) > self.rep_threshold:
+            return None
+        else:
+            return example
+
+    def _repr_args(self):
+        """Return str represent key arguments for class."""
+        return '{}={}, {}={}, {}={}'.format('rep_threshold', self.rep_threshold, 'rep_min_len', self.rep_min_len, 'rep_max_len', self.rep_max_len)