Post Editing Of Machine Translation

Author : Laura Winther Balling,Michael Carl,Sharon O'Brian
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-17
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781443857970

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Post-editing of Machine Translation by Laura Winther Balling,Michael Carl,Sharon O'Brian Pdf

Post-editing is possibly the oldest form of human-machine cooperation for translation. It has been a common practice for just about as long as operational machine translation systems have existed. Recently, however, there has been a surge of interest in post-editing among the wider user community, partly due to the increasing quality of machine translation output, but also to the availability of free, reliable software for both machine translation and post-editing. As a result, the practices and processes of the translation industry are changing in fundamental ways. This volume is a compilation of work by researchers, developers and practitioners of post-editing, presented at two recent events on post-editing: The first Workshop on Post-editing Technology and Practice, held in conjunction with the 10th Conference of the Association for Machine Translation in the Americas, held in San Diego, in 2012; and the International Workshop on Expertise in Translation and Post-editing Research and Application, held at the Copenhagen Business School, in 2012.

Author : Jean Nitzke
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783961101313

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Problem solving activities in post-editing and translation from scratch by Jean Nitzke Pdf

Companies and organisations are increasingly using machine translation to improve efficiency and cost-effectiveness, and then edit the machine translated output to create a fluent text that adheres to given text conventions. This procedure is known as post-editing. Translation and post-editing can often be categorised as problem-solving activities. When the translation of a source text unit is not immediately obvious to the translator, or in other words, if there is a hurdle between the source item and the target item, the translation process can be considered problematic. Conversely, if there is no hurdle between the source and target texts, the translation process can be considered a task-solving activity and not a problem-solving activity. This study investigates whether machine translated output influences problem-solving effort in internet research, syntax, and other problem indicators and whether the effort can be linked to expertise. A total of 24 translators (twelve professionals and twelve semi-professionals) produced translations from scratch from English into German, and (monolingually) post-edited machine translation output for this study. The study is part of the CRITT TPR-DB database. The translation and (monolingual) post-editing sessions were recorded with an eye-tracker and a keylogging program. The participants were all given the same six texts (two texts per task). Different approaches were used to identify problematic translation units. First, internet research behaviour was considered as research is a distinct indicator of problematic translation units. Then, the focus was placed on syntactical structures in the MT output that do not adhere to the rules of the target language, as I assumed that they would cause problems in the (monolingual) post-editing tasks that would not occur in the translation from scratch task. Finally, problem indicators were identified via different parameters like Munit, which indicates how often the participants created and modified one translation unit, or the inefficiency (InEff) value of translation units, i.e. the number of produced and deleted tokens divided by the final length of the translation. Finally, the study highlights how these parameters can be used to identify problems in the translation process data using mere keylogging data.

Author : Jean Nitzke,Silvia Hansen-Schirra
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961103331

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A short guide to post-editing by Jean Nitzke,Silvia Hansen-Schirra Pdf

Artificial intelligence is changing and will continue to change the world we live in. These changes are also influencing the translation market. Machine translation (MT) systems automatically transfer one language to another within seconds. However, MT systems are very often still not capable of producing perfect translations. To achieve high quality translations, the MT output first has to be corrected by a professional translator. This procedure is called post-editing (PE). PE has become an established task on the professional translation market. The aim of this text book is to provide basic knowledge about the most relevant topics in professional PE. The text book comprises ten chapters on both theoretical and practical aspects including topics like MT approaches and development, guidelines, integration into CAT tools, risks in PE, data security, practical decisions in the PE process, competences for PE, and new job profiles.

Author : Hans P. Krings
Publisher : Kent State University Press
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Computers
ISBN : 087338671X

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Repairing Texts by Hans P. Krings Pdf

This study challenges the idea that, given the effectiveness of machine translation, major costs could be reduced by using monolingual staff to post-edit translations. It presents studies of machine translation systems, and current research into translation process.

Author : Maarit Koponen,Brian Mossop,Isabelle S. Robert,Giovanna Scocchera
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000201574

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Translation Revision and Post-editing by Maarit Koponen,Brian Mossop,Isabelle S. Robert,Giovanna Scocchera Pdf

Translation Revision and Post-editing looks at the apparently dissolving boundary between correcting translations generated by human brains and those generated by machines. It presents new research on post-editing and revision in government and corporate translation departments, translation agencies, the literary publishing sector and the volunteer sector, as well as on training in both types of translation checking work. This collection includes empirical studies based on surveys, interviews and keystroke logging, as well as more theoretical contributions questioning such traditional distinctions as translating versus editing. The chapters discuss revision and post-editing involving eight languages: Afrikaans, Catalan, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German and Spanish. Among the topics covered are translator/reviser relations and revising/post-editing by non-professionals. The book is key reading for researchers, instructors and advanced students in Translation Studies as well as for professional translators with a special interest in checking translations.

Author : Maarit Koponen,Brian Mossop,Isabelle S. Robert,Giovanna Scocchera
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000201512

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Translation Revision and Post-editing by Maarit Koponen,Brian Mossop,Isabelle S. Robert,Giovanna Scocchera Pdf

Translation Revision and Post-editing looks at the apparently dissolving boundary between correcting translations generated by human brains and those generated by machines. It presents new research on post-editing and revision in government and corporate translation departments, translation agencies, the literary publishing sector and the volunteer sector, as well as on training in both types of translation checking work. This collection includes empirical studies based on surveys, interviews and keystroke logging, as well as more theoretical contributions questioning such traditional distinctions as translating versus editing. The chapters discuss revision and post-editing involving eight languages: Afrikaans, Catalan, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German and Spanish. Among the topics covered are translator/reviser relations and revising/post-editing by non-professionals. The book is key reading for researchers, instructors and advanced students in Translation Studies as well as for professional translators with a special interest in checking translations.

Author : Luigi Muzii
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1365595846

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Post-editing of machine translation for project managers by Luigi Muzii Pdf

Author : H. L. Somers
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027216401

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Computers and Translation by H. L. Somers Pdf

Designed for translators and other professional linguists, this work attempts to clarify, explain and exemplify the impact that computers have had and are having on their profession. The book concerns machine translation, computer-aided translation and the future of translation and the computer.

Author : Jean Nitzke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1013292871

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Problem Solving Activities in Post-editing and Translation From Scratch by Jean Nitzke Pdf

Translation and post-editing can often be categorised as problem-solving activities. When the translation of a source text unit is not immediately obvious to the translator, or in other words, if there is a hurdle between the source item and the target item, the translation process can be considered problematic. Conversely, if there is no hurdle between the source and target texts, the translation process can be considered a task-solving activity and not a problem-solving activity. This study investigates whether machine translated output influences problem-solving effort in internet research, syntax, and other problem indicators and whether the effort can be linked to expertise. A total of 24 translators (twelve professionals and twelve semi-professionals) produced translations from scratch from English into German, and (monolingually) post-edited machine translation output for this study. The study is part of the CRITT TPR-DB database. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004351790

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Trends in E-Tools and Resources for Translators and Interpreters by Anonim Pdf

Trends in E-Tools and Resources for Translators and Interpreters offers a collection of contributions from key players in the field of translation and interpreting that accurately outline some of the most cutting-edge technologies in this field.

Author : John Lehrberger,Laurent Bourbeau
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027286208

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Machine Translation by John Lehrberger,Laurent Bourbeau Pdf

The use of the computer in translating natural languages ranges from that of a translator's aid for word processing and dictionary lookup to that of a full-fledged translator on its own. However the obstacles to translating by means of the computer are primarily linguistic. To overcome them it is necessary to resolve the ambiguities that pervade a natural language when words and sentences are viewed in isolation. The problem then is to formalize, in the computer, these aspects of natural language understanding. The authors show how, from a linguistic point of view, one may form some idea of what goes on inside a system's black box, given only the input (original text) and the raw output (translated text before post-editing). Many examples of English/French translation are used to illustrate the principles involved.

Author : Minako O'Hagan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781315311234

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The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Technology by Minako O'Hagan Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Technology provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of the dynamically evolving relationship between translation and technology. Divided into five parts, with an editor's introduction, this volume presents the perspectives of users of translation technologies, and of researchers concerned with issues arising from the increasing interdependency between translation and technology. The chapters in this Handbook tackle the advent of technologization at both a technical and a philosophical level, based on industry practice and academic research. Containing over 30 authoritative, cutting-edge chapters, this is an essential reference and resource for those studying and researching translation and technology. The volume will also be valuable for translators, computational linguists and developers of translation tools.

Author : Arnt Lykke Jakobsen,Bartolomé Mesa-Lao
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027265371

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Translation in Transition by Arnt Lykke Jakobsen,Bartolomé Mesa-Lao Pdf

Translation practice and workflows have witnessed significant changes during the last decade. New market demands to handle digital content as well as technological advances are leading this transition. The development and integration of machine translation systems have given post-editing practices a reason to be in the context of professional translation services. Translators may still work from a source text, but more often than not they are presented with already translated text involving different degrees of translation automation. This scenario radically changes the cognitive demands of translation. Technological development has inevitably influenced the translation research agenda as well. It has provided new means of penetrating deeper into the cognitive processes that make translation possible and has endorsed new concepts and theories to understand the translation process. Computational analysis of eye movements and keystroke behaviour provides us with new insights into translational reading, processes of literality, effects of directionality, similarities between inter- and intralingual translation, as well as the effects of post-editing on cognitive processes and on the quality of the final outcome. All of these themes are explored in-depth in the articles in this volume which presents new and valuable insights to anyone interested in what is currently happening in empirical, process-oriented translation research.

Author : Tra&Co Group
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961103041

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Translation, interpreting, cognition by Tra&Co Group Pdf

Cognitive aspects of the translation process have become central in Translation and Interpreting Studies in recent years, further establishing the field of Cognitive Translatology. Empirical and interdisciplinary studies investigating translation and interpreting processes promise a hitherto unprecedented predictive and explanatory power. This collection contains such studies which observe behaviour during translation and interpreting. The contributions cover a vast area and investigate behaviour during translation and interpreting – with a focus on training of future professionals, on language processing more generally, on the role of technology in the practice of translation and interpreting, on translation of multimodal media texts, on aspects of ergonomics and usability, on emotions, self-concept and psychological factors, and finally also on revision and post-editing. For the present publication, we selected a number of contributions presented at the Second International Congress on Translation, Interpreting and Cognition hosted by the Tra&Co Lab at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz.

Author : Lynne Bowker,Jairo Buitrago Ciro
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781787567214

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Machine Translation and Global Research by Lynne Bowker,Jairo Buitrago Ciro Pdf

Lynne Bowker and Jairo Buitrago Ciro introduce the concept of machine translation literacy, a new kind of literacy for scholars and librarians in the digital age. This book is a must-read for researchers and information professionals eager to maximize the global reach and impact of any form of scholarly work.