Trans Type: Development-Evaluation Cycles to Boost Translator's Productivity

  • Authors:
  • Philippe Langlais;Guy Lapalme

  • Affiliations:
  • RALI/DIRO – Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville H3C 3J7 Montréal, Canada E-mails: felipe@iro.umontreal.ca;RALI/DIRO – Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville H3C 3J7 Montréal, Canada E-mails: lapalme@iro.umontreal.ca

  • Venue:
  • Machine Translation
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

We present TransType: a new approach to Machine-Aided Translation in which thehuman translator maintains control of the translation process while being helpedby real-time completions proposed by a statistical translation engine. TheTransType approach is first presented through a series of prototypes that illustrate their underlying translation model and graphical interface. The results of two rounds of in situ evaluation of TransType prototypes arediscussed followed by a set of lessons learned in these experiments. It will beshown that this approach is valued by translators but given the short timeallotted for the evaluation, translators were not able to quantitativelyincrease their productivity. TransType is compared with other approachesand new perspectives are elaborated for a new version beingdeveloped in the context of a Fifth Framework European Community Project.