beating pm constraints with machine translation
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The holy grail of managing translation is to reduce turnaround time, lower costs and yet maintain quality. This presentation shows you how to do it all with machine translationTRANSCRIPT
Beating constraints with machine translation
Gillian SearlCEO, Linguagloss
Project management constraints
The challenge
BUT…Price
Turn-around
time
Quality
How??
Translate – Edit - ProofWhat takes time and costs so much?
Edit Proof
Example5000 words2 daysEUR 0.09 p.w.= EUR 450.00
1 dayEUR 0.02 p.w.= EUR 100.00
1/2 dayEUR 0.02 p.w.= EUR 100.00
4 daysEUR 650.00
Translate
Machine – Post-edit - Proof
Example5000 words
1 hourEUR 50.00
To lower cost and turnaround time
Machinetranslation Post-edit Proof
1 dayEUR 0.04 p.w.= EUR 200.00
1/2 dayEUR 0.02 p.w.= EUR 100.00
2 daysEUR 350.00
The best MT workflow
Highly customised MT,Rigorous preparation of source texts, TMs & terminology listsCorrection of obvious & repeated errors before post-editing
Machine translation Post-edit Proof
The best MT workflow
Willing, trained & experienced post-editors,Excellent instructions, appropriate pay ratesLong-term relationships for mutual benefit
Machine translation Post-edit Proof
Focus on post-editors
Willing – young, inexperienced linguists, e.g. graduates or post-graduate students
Trained – using e.g. SDL PE certification course and able to use CAT tools Experienced – ideally, have worked on other post-editing jobs before
Machine translation Post-edit Proof
The best MT workflow
Experienced, specialist poof-readers & editors
Machine translation Post-edit Proof
The best MT workflow
Feedback and updates to the machine translation engine so that it improves over time
Machine translation Post-edit Proof
THANK YOU
Gillian SearlCEO, Linguagloss