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Does post-editing increase usability? A study with Brazilian Portuguese as Target Language

Castilho, Sheila, O'Brien, Sharon, Alves, Fabio and O'Brien, Morgan (2014) Does post-editing increase usability? A study with Brazilian Portuguese as Target Language. In: European Association for Machine Translation (EAMT) 2014, 17-19 June 2014, Dubrovnic, Croatia.

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Abstract

It is often assumed that raw MT output requires post-editing if it is to be used for more than gisting purposes. However, we know little about how end users engage with raw machine translated text or postedited text, or how usable this text is, in particular if users have to follow instruc- tions and act on them. The research project described here measures the usability of raw machine translated text for Brazilian Portuguese as a target language and compares that with a post-edited version of the text. Two groups of 9 users each used either the raw MT or the post-edited version and carried out tasks using a PC-based security product. Usability was measured using an eye tracker and cognitive, temporal and pragmatic measures of usability, and satisfaction was measured using a post-task questionnaire. Results indicate that post-editing significantly increases the usability of machine translated text.

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Event Type:Conference
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Machine translation; Post-editing; Usability
Subjects:Computer Science > Machine translating
Humanities > Translating and interpreting
DCU Faculties and Centres:Research Initiatives and Centres > Centre for Next Generation Localisation (CNGL)
DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies
Research Initiatives and Centres > Centre for Translation and Textual Studies (CTTS)
Published in: Proceedings European Association for Machine Translation (EAMT) 2014. . European Association for Machine Translation.
Publisher:European Association for Machine Translation
Official URL:http://hnk.ffzg.hr/eamt2014/EAMT2014_proceedings.pdf
Copyright Information:© 2014 EAMT
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
Funders:Science Foundation Ireland
ID Code:19997
Deposited On:19 Jun 2014 10:03 by Sharon O'brien . Last Modified 04 Jun 2020 13:23

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