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- 1. © 2015 Autodesk Past, Present and Future of Language Technology for Localisation at Autodesk Dr. Ventsislav Zhechev ventsislav.zhechev@autodesk.com Autodesk Development Sàrl, Neuchâtel, Switzerland 16 April 2015
- 2. © 2015 Autodesk ■ Early adopters of MT for post-editing ■ around 2001 with Systran Rule-based Machine Translation ■ pilot for FIGS ■ discontinued after several months— deemed too expensive and immature Past
- 3. © 2015 Autodesk ■ Reintroduction of MT for post-editing ■ in 2009, using free open-source tools ■ Moses toolkit, Statistical Machine Translation ■ First translator productivity test ■ promising results ■ widely cited as first larger-scale productivity test in an industrial setting (Plitt & Masselot, 2010) Past
- 4. © 2015 Autodesk ■ Deployed MT for production for FIGS ■ progressively introduced new languages ■ Proof-of-concept infrastructure ■ many interdependencies between systems ■ difficult to maintain ■ difficult to grow Past
- 5. © 2015 Autodesk Passolo Passolo Passolo Past MT Infrastructure FR CS DE FR PL JA CS ZH KO DE PL IT WorldServer Passolo
- 6. © 2015 Autodesk Passolo Passolo Passolo Past MT Infrastructure FR CS DE FR PL JA CS ZH KO DE PL IT WorldServer Passolo KO HU RU ?
- 7. © 2015 Autodesk ■ Updated MT infrastructure: MT Info Service ■ developed 2011–2013 ■ based on Moses open source toolkit ■ scalable ■ modular ■ Integrated with localisation processes for software and documentation ■ all non-exact-match software strings ■ all documentation strings with TM score <75% Present
- 8. © 2015 Autodesk Present MT Infrastructure Passolo Passolo Passolo WorldServer Passolo FR CS DE FR PL JA CS ZH KO DE PL IT KO HU RU ? Load Balancer
- 9. © 2015 Autodesk Present MT Infrastructure Passolo Passolo Passolo WorldServer Passolo FR CS DE FR PL JA CS ZH KO DE PL IT KO HU RU Load Balancer
- 10. © 2015 Autodesk ■ Main benefits of current MT setup ■ adapted to best handle Autodesk content ■ increased translator productivity to 100% for some translators ■ reduced costs up to 30% discount ■ in use for 14 production languages cs, de, es, fr, hu, it, jp, ko, pl, pt-br, pt-pt, ru, zh-hans, zh-hant Present
- 11. © 2015 Autodesk Present productivity increase from MT use 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 125% Translator 1 Translator 2 Translator 3 Translator 4 translation from scratch MT post-editing MT productivity increase
- 12. © 2015 Autodesk ■ Over time, user acceptance of MT has grown significantly ■ mostly due to improvements in MT quality ■ Largest complaint became the incorrect translation of terminology Present
- 13. © 2015 Autodesk ■ In-house terminology group disbanded in 2012 ■ terminology databases unmaintained ■ new approach necessary to support translators Present
- 14. © 2015 Autodesk ■ Introduced a new web-based translation lookup tool ■ NeXLT (in homage to an earlier tool called XLT) ■ http://langtech.autodesk.com/nexlt ■ Easy access for translators ■ Search for product-specific translations across all Autodesk published content Present
- 15. © 2015 Autodesk ■ Introduced a new web-based translation lookup tool ■ NeXLT (in homage to an earlier tool called XLT) ■ http://langtech.autodesk.com/nexlt ■ Easy access for translators ■ Search for product-specific translations across all Autodesk published content Present
- 16. © 2015 Autodesk ■ MT cannot handle new content well ■ but its main use is for segments with low fuzzy score, i.e. new segments ■ Product-specific terminology handling ■ extract terminology from new content ■ term translation and approval on the Term Translation Central http://langtech.autodesk.com/ttc ■ automatic integration with other systems Present
- 17. © 2015 Autodesk ■ MT cannot handle new content well ■ but its main use is for segments with low fuzzy score, i.e. new segments ■ Product-specific terminology handling ■ extract terminology from new content ■ term translation and approval on the Term Translation Central http://langtech.autodesk.com/ttc ■ automatic integration with other systems Present
- 18. © 2015 Autodesk ■ MT applies terminology on-the-fly ■ systems requesting MT specify the product ■ available terminology is retrieved ■ terminology translations are fixed throughout the MT process ■ Translators need to do fewer term lookups Present
- 19. © 2015 Autodesk Present Terminology Infrastructure FR CS DE FR PL JA CS ZH KO DE PL IT KO HU RU AutoCAD Load Balancer Civil 3D BIM360 Term Translation Central AutoCAD Civil 3D BIM 360
- 20. © 2015 Autodesk ■ Publishing un-edited MT ■ using rules-based MT for language variants ■ EN-US to EN-UK and FR-FR to FR-CA via Prompsit ■ using statistical MT for content that would otherwise remain untranslated ■ via both in-house MT engines and MS Translator Hub ■ sales support articles, knowledge base, wiki Present
- 21. © 2015 Autodesk ■ Use of MT for bootstrapping localisation into new languages ■ e.g. Google Translate for pre-translating Autodesk InfraWorks in Arabic ■ a vendor used rules-based MT to translate into PT-BR from ES for an existing product Present
- 22. © 2015 Autodesk ■ How can we better help translators do their work? ■ tight integration of all localisation tools, with a focus on language technology ■ CAT tool, Translation Memory, Terminology, Machine Translation should all work as one Future
- 23. © 2015 Autodesk ■ A central role for language technology ■ automate menial tasks ■ ensure translation consistency ■ Backed by our new Central Repository ■ currently in proof-of-concept phase ■ houses all translated segments ■ both software and documentation ■ provides all systems with translated content Future
- 24. © 2015 Autodesk Future Modern Infrastructure Term Translation Central Machine Translation NeXLT Passolo WorldServer Crowd Central Repository Translators via CAT Tool
- 25. © 2015 Autodesk ■ Integrate the CAT tool with our terminology process ■ highlight terminology in source strings ■ prompt the user with the appropriate term translation, if not present in the target segment ■ The terminology information will be automatically retrieved by the CAT tool ■ the CAT tool will know about Autodesk products ■ terms will be available immediately on approval Future
- 26. © 2015 Autodesk Future Integrating Terminology in CAT Tool You can enter this information as a hydrology property of the model. English French Product hydrology property propriétés hydrologiques InfraWorks Term Translation Central
- 27. © 2015 Autodesk Future Integrating Terminology in CAT Tool You can enter this information as a hydrology property of the model. English French Product hydrology property propriétés hydrologiques InfraWorks Term Translation Central
- 28. © 2015 Autodesk Future Integrating Terminology in CAT Tool You can enter this information as a hydrology property of the model. English French Product hydrology property propriétés hydrologiques InfraWorks Term Translation Central propriétés hydrologiques
- 29. © 2015 Autodesk Future Integrating Terminology in CAT Tool You can enter this information as a hydrology property of the model. English French Product hydrology property propriétés hydrologiques InfraWorks Term Translation Central propriétés hydrologiques Vous pouvez entrer ces informations en tant que
- 30. © 2015 Autodesk Future Integrating Terminology in CAT Tool You can enter this information as a hydrology property of the model. English French Product hydrology property propriétés hydrologiques InfraWorks Term Translation Central Vous pouvez entrer ces informations en tant que propriétés hydrologiques du mo…
- 31. © 2015 Autodesk ■ On-the-fly processing of new terms ■ infer term translations from translators’ work ■ if a source segment contains previously identified term without existing translation ■ infer term translation by analysing the segment translation the translator produced ■ prompt the user for confirmation ■ immediate integration of newly stored term translations for MT of subsequent segments Future
- 32. © 2015 Autodesk Future Integrating Terminology in CAT Tool You can enter this information as a hydrology property of the model. English French Product hydrology property InfraWorks Term Translation Central
- 33. © 2015 Autodesk Future Integrating Terminology in CAT Tool You can enter this information as a hydrology property of the model. English French Product hydrology property InfraWorks Term Translation Central term not translated yet
- 34. © 2015 Autodesk Future Integrating Terminology in CAT Tool You can enter this information as a hydrology property of the model. English French Product hydrology property InfraWorks Term Translation Central term not translated yet Vous pouvez entrer ces informations en tant que propriétés hydrologiques du modèle. … …
- 35. © 2015 Autodesk Future Integrating Terminology in CAT Tool You can enter this information as a hydrology property of the model. English French Product hydrology property InfraWorks Term Translation Central Vous pouvez entrer ces informations en tant que propriétés hydrologiques du modèle.
- 36. © 2015 Autodesk Future Integrating Terminology in CAT Tool You can enter this information as a hydrology property of the model. English French Product hydrology property InfraWorks Term Translation Central Vous pouvez entrer ces informations en tant que propriétés hydrologiques du modèle. hydrology property ✓ X
- 37. © 2015 Autodesk Future Integrating Terminology in CAT Tool You can enter this information as a hydrology property of the model. English French Product hydrology property propriétés hydrologiques InfraWorks Term Translation Central Vous pouvez entrer ces informations en tant que propriétés hydrologiques du modèle.
- 38. © 2015 Autodesk ■ Integrate software UI reference processing in the CAT tool ■ similar to the terminology process ■ UI strings are generally translated before corresponding documentation ■ highlight UI references in source strings ■ prompt the user with the appropriate UI translation, if not present in the target segment Future
- 39. © 2015 Autodesk ■ Augment all linguistic resources with UI screenshots (where available) ■ provide vital context for translators to help disambiguate use cases ■ This is a major current user request! Future
- 40. © 2015 Autodesk ■ Automatic analysis of post-editing performance ■ based on live data provided by the CAT tool ■ will allow us to ■ react quickly to MT quality issues affecting translators’ productivity ■ identify content problematic for MT ■ will help with vendor negotiations ■ will give us clues as to when to retrain the MT engines based on incoming translation volume Future
- 41. © 2015 Autodesk Future Automatic MT Evaluation, JFS Metric (Joint Fuzzy Score) 35% 40% 45% 50% 55% 60% 65% 70% 75% 80% AutoCAD 3dsMax Inventor Revit Civil 3D Vault Map 3D Navisworks CZ DE ES FR IT JA KO PL PT-BR RU ZH-HANS ZH-HANT
- 42. © 2015 Autodesk ■ Automatic analysis of translation consistency ■ by evaluating the use of terminology and UI reference translations ■ Active promotion of translation consistency ■ by prompting translators to use the appropriate translations as stored in our Central Repository ■ Applicable to consistency both within and across products/content types Future
- 43. © 2015 Autodesk ■ Main goals ■ Provide translators with all information they need to do the best translation within their working environment, to avoid context switching between tools ■ When unachievable, make it as easy as possible to find necessary information, by integrating shortcuts in the CAT tool Future
- 44. © 2015 Autodesk ■ Main goals ■ Add intelligence to the CAT tool by enhancing its interaction with our services to make sure the latest and most appropriate translations are presented for post-editing ■ Pave the paths for new future technologies ■ interactive translation ■ on-line MT training and adaptation Future
- 45. © 2015 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.