Quality according to Language Service Providers: The Case of Post-edited Machine Translation
Publication date
2019-12-20
Authors
van Egdom, Gys Walt
Pluymaekers, Mark
Editors
Vandevoorde, Lore
Daems, Joke
Defranq, Bart
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Part of book
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Abstract
In this paper, we will report on an experiment conducted among LSPs from the Netherlands and Flanders, in which we investigated how various degrees of post-editing affected the perceived quality and usability of target texts. We incorporated 4 PE versions of 2 different source texts and canvassed responses through a questionnaire with measurement scales covering content, language use, text logic and terminology, style and usability (5 items per variable). The results of this study tie in with earlier experimental findings in PE research, as they show that in the case of PE, more is not always better.
Keywords
Post-editing, Machine Translation, user studies, Taverne
Citation
van Egdom, G M W & Pluymaekers, M 2019, Quality according to Language Service Providers : The Case of Post-edited Machine Translation. in L Vandevoorde, J Daems & B Defranq (eds), New Empirical Perspectives on Translation and Interpreting. 1 edn, Routledge, pp. 139-156. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429030376-7