machine translation manuel herranz PangeaMT TAUS Barcelona

- User empowerment -DIY SMT
Don't be afraid to provide the tools to those who need them
Manuel Herranz – PangeaMT - Pangeanic
www.pangea.com.mt

Userempowerment
USERS
80% like
19% notlike
1% done before
http://t.co/HDTboxQ

Userempowerment
USERS
80% like
19% notlike
1% done before
http://t.co/HDTboxQ
Meaning of USER becomingcloselyrelatedto COMMUNITY,
POWER,
FEEDBACK,
ACCOUNTABILITY

Humankindconstantsearchfor
TOOLS
better
more
otherthings
http://t.co/HDTboxQ

Humankindconstantsearchfor
TOOLS
better
more
otherthings
http://t.co/HDTboxQ
Aninstrumentformaking material changesonotherobjects […]. Tools are theprimarymeansbyhumanbeings control and manipulatetheirphysicalenvironment – EncyclopediaBritannica.

History of theworldlargelya fightto control
resources
tools[technology]
MT: Anothertranslatorout of business...... ?

resources
tools[technology]
In 20th-21stcenturyalso a fightto control and manipulate
INFORMATION [data]
ACCESS [data]

21st century
INFORMATION [data]
ACCESS [data]
IS THE ERA OF
SHARING
OPEN

21st century
INFORMATION [data]
ACCESS [data]
* Communities
* Source (Linux, others)
* Data
IS THE ERA OF
SHARING
OPEN

21st century
INFORMATION [data]
ACCESS [data]
USERS
havethepower
* Communities
* Source (Linux, others)
* Data
IS THE ERA OF
SHARING
OPEN
“Wecannotsolvetheproblemusingthesametools and theway of thinkingthatcreatedit” A. Einstein

MT at Pangeanic, from Trial toProduction
2007 and before
2007/08
RB tests withcommercial software
Insufficientlygood output
Onlyinternalproduction
EU Post-Editing Award
V1: Small data sets (2-5M words),
automotive & electronics
(ES), thenFr/It/De in otherfields
2009/10
.
Division born
00's of enginetrials and languagecombinations
Open-Source to commercial
TMX / XLIFF workflows
2011/12
DIY SMT
Empower Users
Glossary
Automated re-training
Transfer architecture and know-how to users
Compatibility with commercial formats (ttx, sdlxliff, itd)

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MT at Pangeanic, from Trial toProduction
Usersprovide information to improve [theyare the source & target]
Potential MT userswanted to beanotherPangeanic= buildtheirown systems
Somecan, somecan’t
Otherwantturnkeydevelopments
OtherspreferSaaS
Most want to unwrap the blackboxbutwithoutwalking the road

PangeaMT
2009
2010
Predictions
Tech. notthe realm of afew providers
2011
2012
2013
User empowerment
000's of customized MT systems
2014
2015
YEAR
2016
2016
2017
2018

PangeaMT
2009
2010
2017
2018

PangeaMT
2009
MT acceptance
2010
Predictions
Tech. notthe realm of afew providers
2011
Until 2011
2012
MT acceptance growth.
Translator engagement challenge
Need for data has been addressed – still more work to be done.
Users and practitioners now can build their own systems.
2013
Userempowerment
000's of customized MT systems
2014
2015
YEAR
2016
2016
In 5 years... after 2016
2017
Combinations??
Supra-engines??
World-knowledge??
…...suggestions....???
2018

PangeaMT
2009
2010
Summary
USER EMPOWERMENT : give people the tools so they can grow their own solutions
PangeaMT provides infrastructure
Cloud Training: so users concentrate in production, not in technical bits & updates
Pressurefordataavailabilitycoming fromusers will benefit efforts for standardization
2018

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Thankyou !
MANY QUESTIONS PLEASE!!
mherranz@pangea.com.mt

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