The ATA Strategy Committee has issued the following statement on AI and its impact on the Translation and Interpreting professions: ATA Statement on Artificial Intelligence
Machine-Translation Post-Editing
MTPE – An Overview of Prevailing Industry Guidelines
Researched and Compiled by: ATA Language Technology Division Leadership Council – Percy Balemans, Viktoryia Baum, Andy Benzo, Claudio Cambon, Blaise Hylak, Bridget Hylak, Karen Leube, Bob Makovei, Daniel Sebesta, Robert Sette, 7 October 2022 – 23 May 2023 Introduction Put 100 trained linguists in a room to discuss MT and MTPE, and you will likely hear […]
MTPE? nQsf! (MT Post-Editing? Not QUITE So Fast!) First Things First: The Difference between MT and MTPE
By Bridget Hylak, LTD Administrator Note: This article is the first in a new series, to be published in the ATA Chronicle and in this blog, created by ATA’s Language Technology Division. This series will discuss machine translation (MT) and machine translation post-editing (MTPE) from several angles. It will attempt to illustrate the promise, the […]
MTPE? nQsf!
By Bridget Hylak, Administrator, Language Technology Division Linguists old and new are celebrating and/or struggling with the influx of project requests requiring MT or MTPE. Like it or hate it, neither one is going anywhere. Mind you, though, they are two very different things. MT, or machine translation, is an undeniable and oh-so-handy tool for […]
ATA Position Paper on Machine Translation
The ATA Board of Directors has released the Association’s first position paper on machine translation. Media outlets often hype machine translation as the solution to whatever needs to be translated. The negative impact on human translation services is undeniable. ATA’s position paper offers both consumers and translators alike a comprehensive view of the issues and […]