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Productivity and quality in MT post-editing

Guerberof Arenas, Ana orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-9820-7074 (2009) Productivity and quality in MT post-editing. In: XII MT Summit Workshop: Beyond Translation Memories, 26-30 Aug 2009, Ottawa, Canada.

Abstract
Machine-translated segments are increasingly included as fuzzy matches within the translation-memory systems in the localisation workflow. This study presents preliminary results on the correlation between these two types of segments in terms of productivity and final quality. In order to test these variables, we set up an experiment with a group of eight professional translators using an on-line postediting tool and a statistical-base machine translation engine. The translators were asked to translate new, machine-translated and translation-memory segments from the 80-90 percent value using a post-editing tool without actually knowing the origin of each segment, and to complete a questionnaire. The findings suggest that translators have higher productivity and quality when using machinetranslated output than when processing fuzzy matches from translation memories. Furthermore, translators’ technical experience seems to have an impact on productivity but not on quality. Finally, we offer an overview of our current research.
Metadata
Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Event Type:Workshop
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:machine translation; post-editing; fuzzy matches; productivity; quality; translation; localisation
Subjects:Computer Science > Machine translating
Humanities > Translating and interpreting
Humanities > Spanish language
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies
Research Initiatives and Centres > ADAPT
Published in: Proceedings of XII MT Summit Workshop: Beyond Translation Memories. . International Association for Machine Translation.
Publisher:International Association for Machine Translation
Official URL:http://www.mt-archive.info/MTS-2009-Guerberof.pdf
Copyright Information:© 2009 The Author
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:23674
Deposited On:16 Sep 2019 10:32 by Ana Guerberof . Last Modified 16 Sep 2019 10:32
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