{"id":6087,"date":"2021-05-06T18:13:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T10:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deeptranslate.hk\/?p=6087"},"modified":"2021-06-17T17:12:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T09:12:48","slug":"changing-expectations-on-translation-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deeptranslate.hk\/en\/changing-expectations-on-translation-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing Expectations on Translation Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6087\" class=\"elementor elementor-6087\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-07e4757 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"07e4757\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e38337d\" data-id=\"e38337d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c6f291 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c6f291\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPublished on 6 May 2021 by Dr. Bethany Chan\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfa9df4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfa9df4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Against the backdrop of the development of artificial intelligence (AI), machine translation has advanced to a stage where it can change expectations on translation quality.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e80d4b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e80d4b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Translation is a difficult problem for machines, and hence, machine translations are imperfect and require human post-editing. Post-editing is the process whereby a machine-generated translation is human-edited to produce an acceptable final translation.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b942dbd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b942dbd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Speed is one of the key advantages of machine translation. Too much time spent on post-editing by humans chips away from machine translation&#8217;s advantage.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c6e257 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c6e257\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>How much post-editing is necessary? Answer: enough to meet the client&#8217;s expectations of quality. Importantly, these expectations need to be managed and negotiated.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2988814 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2988814\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the world of post-editing,\u00a0 people speak of &#8220;light&#8221; post-editing where the focus is mainly on accuracy and &#8220;full&#8221; post-editing where style and fluency also come into play. So do we give clients a choice of &#8220;light&#8221;,\u00a0 &#8220;medium&#8221; or &#8220;full&#8221; post-editing? Alternatively, it might be easier to define expectations of quality in terms of the types of errors (and number of each type of error) that may be tolerated in the final product: for example,\u00a0 a maximum of two grammar mistakes.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6c7347 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6c7347\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>On the side of human post-editors, there is a need to retrain today&#8217;s translators into tomorrow&#8217;s efficient post-editors and monitor post-editing to prevent over-editing (and under-editing).\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbeb957 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fbeb957\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>At DeepTranslate, our vision is to transform professional communications, intelligently. 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