P3: Post-Publish Post-Editing. Chris Wendt, Microsoft P3 stands for Post-Publish Post-Editing and describes the techniques and processes of consuming the benefits of machine translation and the benefits of human edits, for the same document.

1. P3: Post-Publish Post-Edit
“Speed, cost and quality can live together - in peace”
Chris.Wendt@microsoft.com
Group Program Manager – Machine Translation – Microsoft Research

2. The Triangle
Quality
Speed
Price
You
can
only
have
two
P3

3. Extent of localization
Methods of applying MT
3
Post-­‐Edi)ng
• Goal:
Human
transla<on
quality
• Increase
human
translator’s
produc<vity
• In
prac<ce:
0%
to
25%
produc<vity
increase
• Varies
by
content,
style
and
language
Raw
publishing
• Goals:
• Good
enough
for
the
purpose
• Speed
• Cost
• Publish
the
output
of
the
MT
system
directly
to
end
user
• Best
with
bilingual
UI
• Good
results
with
technical
audiences
P3
• Know
what
you
are
human
transla<ng,
and
why
• Make
use
of
community
• Domain
experts
• Enthusiasts
• Employees
• Professional
translators
• Best
of
both
worlds
• Fast
• BeTer
than
raw
• Always
current

4. The Triangle
Translate
API
MT
Training
Collabora<ve
Transla<on
• Always
up-­‐to-­‐date
• Always
maintaining
human
edits
• Always
retrainable
• Always
open
Complete
Integra<on
Immediate
customiza<on
Influx
of
new
training
material
Integrated
TM
-­‐
100%
match
Thorough
customiza<on
Retrain
every
2
months,
or
20000
segments
Translate()
AddTransla<on()
GetTransla<ons()
GetUserTransla<ons()
Speak()
Detect()
BreakSentences()

5. MT, Collaboration and Customization at
Work
Example:

16. Collaboration: MT + Your community
Your
community
Your
Web
Site
Your
App
Microsoft
Translator
Collaborative
TM
Enormous
language
knowledge
Microsoft
Translator
API

17. Collaboration: You, your community, and Microsoft
Your
community
Your
Web
Site
Your
App
Your
TMs
Your
previously
translated
documents
Microsoft
Translator
Collaborative
TM
Microsoft
Translator
Hub
Enormous
language
knowledge
Microsoft
Translator
API
Your
custom
MT
system
Your
collaborators
You,
your
community
and
Microso]
working
together
to
create
the
op<mal
MT
system
for
your
terminology
and
style

25. Integrates with your TM tool
25
Top translation tools support Microsoft Translator

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interpreted
to
be
a
commitment
on
the
part
of
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and
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