Chapter 2: User Perspective on Translation Tools: Findings of a User Survey

Zaretskaya, Anna; Pastor, Gloria Corpas; Seghiri, Míriam

doi:10.1163/9789004351790_004

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“…The research on the user perspective sought to better understand the needs of professional translators by carrying out a large survey about their views and requirements regarding various technologies and their current work practices [Zaretskaya et al, 2015[Zaretskaya et al, , 2018. The survey showed that from the various technologies available, professional translators mostly avail of translation memories on a regular basis, and that the adoption of different tools depends very much on the translators' background.…”

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“…As shown in Zaretskaya et al [2018], Translation Memory systems are very important tools for professional translators and constitute a key component of CAT tools. Translation Memories store past translations which can be retrieved when either an identical or a very similar new sentence has to be translated.…”

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“…This can be very useful for professional translators, but is not enough. The survey carried out by Zaretskaya et al [2018] showed that a fast response is an essential feature for translation memories. When working on large translation projects, translators usually have access to massive background translation memories, which are sometimes augmented with input from fully automatic translation engines.…”

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Exploiting Data-Driven Hybrid Approaches to Translation in the EXPERT Project

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Advances in Empirical Translation Studies

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Researchers working in machine translation have benefited from the availability of large-scale corpora, and as a result in recent years an increasing number of empirical methods have been proposed. This chapter presents a brief overview of EXPERT (EXPloiting Empirical appRoaches to Translation), an FP7 EC-funded project whose main aim was to promote the research, development and use of datadriven hybrid language translation technology. Given the importance of translation memories in the everyday activities of professional translators, the chapter presents three research directions pursued in EXPERT which aimed to develop data-driven tools that are directly useful for translators.

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Exploiting Data-Driven Hybrid Approaches to Translation in the EXPERT Project

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Escartín²,

Torres³

et al. 2019

Advances in Empirical Translation Studies

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“…The use of TMs, in general, leads to an increase in translators' productivity and more consistent translations. A recent survey about translators' needs regarding electronic tools revealed that 90% of them are familiar with TMs and that over 75% of them are using TMs to translate documents (Zaretskaya et al 2018).…”

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