Federici, FM;
Al Sharou, K;
(2018)
Moses, time, and crisis translation.
Translation and Interpreting Studies
, 13
(3)
pp. 486-508.
10.1075/tis.00026.fed.
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Abstract
Training translators to react to sudden emergencies is a challenge. This article presents the results of a training experiment testing the speed of acquisition of the skills necessary to operate the open-source Moses statistical machine translation (SMT) system. A task-based approach was used with trainee translators who had no experience working with MT technology. The experiment is a feasibility study to ascertain whether training on Moses SMT could be considered for long-lasting crisis scenarios. The article reports its findings in four sections. The first section discusses the research context in which ‘crisis translation’ is defined; the second section illustrates the rationale of the experiment; the third section looks at the results of the training experiment; and the fourth at the trainees’ perceptions of their learning processes. The conclusion reflects on the viability of using Moses and on the next phases needed to refine the findings of this first experiment.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Moses, time, and crisis translation |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1075/tis.00026.fed |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1075/tis.00026.fed |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
Keywords: | crisis communication , machine translation , translation technology and translator training |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > SELCS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > SELCS > Translation Studies |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10066638 |
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