DEMA Solutions 4LSCsMachine translation (MT) with post-editing (PE) is fast becoming a standard practice in our industry. Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning have had a significant impact on the progress of its development. Both in terms of what is currently possible and what we can expect in the years to come.
Machine Translation is thus used only under specific circumstances, depending on different factors.
DEMA Solutions follows specific
“MT-Procedure” when it comes to MTPE:
We should previously determine which domains can successfully be processed using MTPE.
Technical domain, user interfaces, medical translations, patent, legal could be more suitable for MT as they consist in usual phrasing and specific terminology that is standardized. Scientific documents with limited vocabulary are also giving great results. By limited, we consider the number of meanings that a word can have. While we are faced with the complexity of the technical/scientific field, we know that the higher the degree of technical complexity is, the more specific the translation of the word must be, and the more likely the machine will choose the right word.
It is quite obvious that the least recommended for machine translation are literary works (novels, poems, etc.) given that they require great interpretative qualities and because the author’s intention is a key element in literature. Therefore, the post-editing job would end up being so large and complicated that we would end up having to re‑translate the whole document.
There are contributory factors to the quality of the MT such as the clarity and quality of the source text. It is essential to make sure that the source text is well-suited for machine translation beforehand. We analyze if it is clear of tags, if the language is fluent and consistent, check the length of sentences, etc.
Another very important asset in order to reach the desired quality of MTPE is the availability of Corpora, a large amount of specific bilingual data, and the creation of specific glossaries. Which means that reliable TM and term bases are taking significant role in overall quality of MT output.
A client’s goals are crucial. We need to understand the client’s requirements concerning expected quality and target reader (internal communication or publication). Such information will determine whether the text should undergo MT and what type of post-editing should be performed.
This step of the process can be done either by means of industry standard automated measures or human evaluation.
DEMA Solutions is combining both methods in order to avoid any kind of risk.
First, we use Memsource’s automated measure tool:
This determines which Machine Translation gives best results for certain language pairs and domains. Once we have the MTQE results, we send the text corpus to our trusted vendors to estimate which MT engine gives better results and decide upon comparison between these 2 evaluations.
You can find more detailed information about MTQE on the following link:
https://help.memsource.com/hc/en-us/articles/360016450971-Machine- Translation-Quality-Estimation-MTQE-
The level of post-editing adopted for an MT project depends on two factors:
1.) The evaluation of the machine translation output to be post-edited, and
2.) The instructions received from the client. If no post-editing approach is specifically requested by the client, then MT full post-editing should be applied.
Serves to provide comprehensible content (i.e. you can understand the main content of the message), accurate (i.e. it communicates the same meaning as the source text), but as not being stylistically compelling. The text may sound like it was generated by a computer, syntax might be somewhat unusual, grammar may not be perfect but the message is accurate.
Serves to provide level of quality that is generally defined as being comprehensible (i.e. an end user perfectly understands the content of the message), accurate (i.e. it communicates the same meaning as the source text), stylistically fine, though the style may not be as good as that achieved by a native-speaker human translator. Syntax is normal, grammar and punctuation are correct.
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