Machine Translation (MT) can provide a direct impact to the profit of professional translators and small and medium-sized LSPs. While still many think that MT is limited to Google or Bing, there are cost-effective solutions in the market that can be used in many situations to increase the speed, reduce the turnaround time, and improve the consistency (quality) of our jobs. In this session, we will cover the most important topics needed to successfully train, improve, measure, and price MT systems, even with the small Translation Memories (TMs) that are common among the translation industry. Together with processes, we will cover the available tools in the market, so that it is easier for freelancers and small LSPs to both increase the bottom line and diversify the operations thanks to exploiting new business opportunities. Presentation at Elia Together (February 12th 2016)

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The Discreet Charm of Machine Translation
Diego Bartolome (@diegobartolome)
tauyou <language technology>
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11-12 February 2016, Barcelona

2. and others

4. 80+ clients
20 countries
+3B words in 2015(for Post-Editing + high-quality gisting)
All language pairs

5. 50%

8. performance demanded
in high end markets
performance demanded
in low end markets
sustaining technology
disruptive technology

10. 1. Decision on strategy of engine
2. Training of first version
3. Objective quality evaluation
4. Implementation of post-editing rules
5. Estimation of translation speed
6. Change Translation into MT post-editing
7. Implementation of linguistic feedback
8. Update of the engine

11. The Discount

13. Error Reports

14. Subjective feedback most common errors→
Detailed report of repetitive mistakes
Time-wasting errors

15. New Business
Opportunities

18. 1500+ post-editors in tauyou database
http://www.tauyou.com/newindex.html#posteditors
TAUS Post-Editors Directory/Certification
https://find.taus.net/post-editors
SDL Certification
http://www.translationzone.com/learning/training/post-ed
iting-machine-translation

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