Language industry views on the profile of the post-editor

The more language service companies (LSCs) include machine translation post-editing (MTPE) in their workflows, the more important it is to know how the PE task is performed, who the post-editors are, and what skills they should have. This research is designed to address such questions. It aims to de...

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Autores: Ginovart Cid, Clara, Colominas Ventura, Carme, Oliver, Antoni
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repositorio:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
OAI Identifier:oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/113286
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10609/113286
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:MTPE
post-editing
quality evaluation
machine translation
skill set
language industry
evaluació de la qualitat
indústria del llenguatge
post-edició
conjunt d'habilitats
traducció automàtica
post-edición
conjunto de habilidades
traducción automática
evaluación de la calidad
industria del lenguaje
Machine translating
Traducció automàtica
Traducción automática
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Sumario:The more language service companies (LSCs) include machine translation post-editing (MTPE) in their workflows, the more important it is to know how the PE task is performed, who the post-editors are, and what skills they should have. This research is designed to address such questions. It aims to deepen our knowledge of current practices to later create new training content and adapt existing training methodologies to different types of audiences. Based on the results of a survey of LSCs and other companies who currently use MTPE, we present a picture of evolving practices in the contemporary European MTPE market, and opinions held about this emerging métier. Our research finds that a high level of expertise in MTPE may not necessarily be indicative of the industry, and that the post-editor of MT has a hybrid and transdisciplinary profile.