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Thread poster: Helena Grahn
Helena Grahn
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Oct 28, 2011

Can someone tell me what that is> Tks!
 
Thayenga
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Post-editing Oct 28, 2011

This is editing machine translated text.

You need to, of course, use the client's TM during the editing process so that they can keep your corrections to improve their future MT-projects.



[Edited at 2011-10-28 12:35 GMT]
 
Christine Andersen
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There is plenty of discussion in this forum Oct 28, 2011

... if you have time to read it!

Here is a good thread for a start:

http://www.proz.com/forum/proofreading_editing_reviewing/133180-machine_translation_postediting_translators_views_needed.html

Don't agree to do post-editing unless you know what you are letting yourself in f... See more
... if you have time to read it!

Here is a good thread for a start:

http://www.proz.com/forum/proofreading_editing_reviewing/133180-machine_translation_postediting_translators_views_needed.html

Don't agree to do post-editing unless you know what you are letting yourself in for.... You have to understand what it is and what it is not, and agree to suitable payment terms.

If you jump in thinking it is something like proofing human translation, you may get a shock. I'm not against MT, but I have not seen a lot of good results in my language pairs. ▲ Collapse
 
Thayenga
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Or in mine Oct 28, 2011

Christine Andersen wrote:

If you jump in thinking it is something like proofing human translation, you may get a shock. I'm not against MT, but I have not seen a lot of good results in my language pairs.


And it often happens that, in case the machine doesn't know a particular term, you will find untranslated text or sometimes the MT is filled with "first-pick" translations, that is, when there are more than one translations and meanings possible, the machine just picks one, perhaps the first one to come up.
 


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