taus open source machine translation showcase, paris, sándor sojnóczky, hunnect, 4 june 2012
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TAUS OPEN SOURCE MACHINE TRANSLATION SHOWCASE
The ups and downs of implementing an MT environment15:45-16:00Monday 4 June
Sandor SojnoczkyHunnect
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English Hungarian
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Introduction
Hunnect Limited (since 2003)
LSP based in Hungary
Sándor Sojnóczky, MITI (linguist, economist, certified translator and university lecturer)
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Background
Experience - 10 years, over 120 million words
Service requirements - Translation-Editing-Proofreading
Languages - Mainly Eastern European (35+)
Volumes – the number of words are constantly growing
Business Model – Faster–Better–More Economical
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What changed in the past 10 years?
Service requirements – mostly TEP, but…
Languages – no significant changes in composition
Volumes – growing
Business Model – same direction, but…
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The focus increases on…
Faster – Better – More Economical
Translation Automation
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Challenge - Can we implement it as a business model?
Yes, if we consider 3 factors and calculate accordingly:
• Translation velocity• Pricing• Quality (TEP)
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Translation(10 days)
Editing(3 days)
Proofing(2 days)
MT(1 day)
Post-editing(5 days)
Proofing(2 days)
Business Model Analysis – Timeframe/velocity
(based on a 25,000 word project)
Free (7 days)46% saving in time
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Timeframe
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Business Model Analysis – Pricing
40-50%
45-60%
5%
30-35%
5-15%
25-35%
5%
20%
Margin
Proofing
Editing
Translation
Margin
Ling. QA
Post-editing incl. fuzzies
Machine trans.
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Business Model Analysis – Pricing (Rewarding the post-editor)
TR PE TR/PE%
2,500 5,000
1.00 0.60 - 40%
+ 20%3,0002,500
Daily output
Unit paid
Total paid
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Successes
• Selection of the MT environment and collection of the domain-specific training data
• Training strategy for would-be post-editors
• Implementing MT as a business model
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Challenges
• Retraining the MT engine– Collecting feedback from post-editors
– Handling lower quality data for the retraining
• Engaging post-editors– Linguists vs. domain-specific experts– Cloud/crowd
• Business model– Pricing
– Velocity
• New languages
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Thank you for your attention!
For further information and questions please feel free to contact:
Mr. Sándor Sojnóczky (ssandor@hunnect.hu)
Web: www.hunnect.hu
Web: www.hunnectacademy.com
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