{"id":30518,"date":"2022-11-16T17:43:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T09:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.translationsingapore.com\/zh\/?p=30518"},"modified":"2022-11-16T18:14:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T10:14:02","slug":"maximizing-translation-roi-with-mtpe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/translationsingapore.com\/zh\/maximizing-translation-roi-with-mtpe\/","title":{"rendered":"Maximizing Translation ROI with MTPE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Machine Translation Post Editing or MTPE is an attempt in the <a style=\"outline: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/translationsingapore.com\/zh\/\">translation <\/a>world to reduce its reliance on human translators. For decades, the high costs and the turnaround for translations done by humans have been an issue.<\/p>\n<p>The massive amount of information requiring translation has exploded exponentially in the last decade, and human translators just are not able to meet the short timeline demanded. With new information and data generated and created every day, a longer translation timeline may mean that the translation of this information and data may be obsolete when it is completed.<\/p>\n<p>Artificial intelligence&#8217;s evolution has elevated translation capabilities and capacity by leaps and bounds. While at the current state, it is still far from making human translators redundant, its role as a formidable provision of support to human translators to bring about scalability is indisputable.<\/p>\n<p>MTPE seemed like a good compromise with humans working alongside translation technology to provide the scalability, consistency, and cost reduction that global communication so badly needed.<\/p>\n<p>How can we maximize ROI for translation with MTPE?<\/p>\n<p>With MTPE, we are looking at two main types of editing services:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Light Post Editing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Full Post Editing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At one end of the spectrum, you have an untreated MT, while at the other extreme, you have the human-quality translation.<\/p>\n<p>With light post-editing, you investigate things like wrong translations, terminology usage, grammar, and spelling.<\/p>\n<p>As we move towards human-quality translation output, full post-editing will be involved, and things like style, natural target and culturally appropriate localization will be taken care of.<\/p>\n<p>Below are the considerations for the two different editing services from the perspective of buyers of translation and editors of MT.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Consideration of MTPE for Buyers of Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab; --tve-border-width: 1px;\" data-rows=\"7\" data-cols=\"2\" data-v=\"middle\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\"><strong><strong>Light Post Editing<\/strong><\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\"><strong><strong>Full Post Editing<\/strong><\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" data-th=\"\">Minor quality<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" data-th=\"Full Post Editing\">Human quality<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" data-th=\"\">Structure<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" data-th=\"Full Post Editing\">Structure<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" data-th=\"\">Content<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" data-th=\"Full Post Editing\">Content<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" data-th=\"\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" data-th=\"Full Post Editing\">Consistency<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" data-th=\"\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" data-th=\"Full Post Editing\">Fluency<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" data-th=\"\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" data-th=\"Full Post Editing\">Topic knowledge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Consideration of MTPE for Editors<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab; --tve-border-width: 1px;\" data-rows=\"10\" data-cols=\"2\" data-v=\"middle\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\"><strong>Light Post Editing<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\"><strong><strong>Full Post Editing<\/strong><\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" data-th=\"\">Typos<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" data-th=\"Full Post Editing\">Typos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" data-th=\"\">Incorrect Translation<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" data-th=\"Full Post Editing\">Incorrect Translation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" data-th=\"\">Untranslated Segments<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" data-th=\"Full Post Editing\">Untranslated Segments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" data-th=\"\">Words added or omitted<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" data-th=\"Full Post Editing\">Words added or omitted<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" data-th=\"\">Glossary \u2013 check terminologies provided<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" data-th=\"Full Post Editing\">Glossary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" data-th=\"\">Unacceptable or culturally offensive content<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" data-th=\"Full Post Editing\">Inappropriate or culturally offensive content<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" data-th=\"\">Numbers\/figures\/date format<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" data-th=\"Full Post Editing\">Numbers\/figures\/date format<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" data-th=\"\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" data-th=\"Full Post Editing\">Punctuation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" data-th=\"\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #ababab;\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" data-th=\"Full Post Editing\">Client&#8217;s preferences: Style and fluency<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Common errors in MT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Machine Translation is far from perfect. The final output&#8217;s quality depends on many factors, as discussed in our previous blog: <a style=\"outline: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/translationsingapore.com\/zh\/introduction-to-mtpe-machine-translation-post-editing\/\">Introduction to MTPE \u2013 Machine Translation Posting Editing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even with good preparation, we can still expect errors. Thus, the importance of human intervention. Below are some common mistakes in translation seen in MT:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unable to decipher the significance of the upper and lower case and what it stands for in the source text.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Erroneous translation for unknown words: words that are not in the dictionary and product-specific terminology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Long sentences in source text may produce awkwardly translated sentences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Grammatically incorrect or informal style<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Nonstandard punctuation: punctuation marks, such as commas and full stops, help the program identify sentence and clause boundaries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Idiomatic expressions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The omission of optional words that clarify the function of other words in the sentence, such as that, which, who, or whom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Out-of-context translation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To maximize translation ROI when working with MTPE, it is important to consider the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Evaluate the quality of the MT output before you start working on it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>During the correction, bear in mind if the client has requested a light post edit or a full post edit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Be mindful of over-editing and under-editing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Correct linguistic mistakes (unnecessary upper\/lower cases; omitted\/added text; figures, date, time formats; punctuation etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>QA checklist (create a checklist or apply the Checklist from the client.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Apart from working with experienced linguists who are familiar with the use of CAT and QA tools and trained in the MTPE process, buyers of translation must also decide what is important to them and the purpose and usage of the translation to determine if MTPE is the right choice for their businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Machine Translation Post Editing or MTPE is an attempt in the translation world to reduce its reliance on human translators. 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