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White Paper: Machine Translation
Furthermore, invoice costs are not the only place where actu-
al savings can be quantified. Even in situations where the re-
view burden within the customized MT solution is substantial,
it is a virtual guarantee that the total process will save time
over traditional human translation. Accordingly, even though Translations.com’s Scalable MT Methodology
invoice costs may be roughly similar to traditional translation,
for some businesses or projects the time saved holds far more
1) Documents are collected in electronic and hard
monetary value than the amount that appears on the final bill.
copy formats
How Much Time Can Be Saved by Using a
2) Front end Source Material Analysis and Source
Machine Translation Solution?
Sampling help determine the ideal project strategy
MT solutions save a significant amount of time; precisely
how much depends on the size of the project—the larger the 3) Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software is
project, the more time can be saved with MT. One fact that
used on hard copy documents to create electronic
is constant through all of this is that machine translation solu-
tions will always be faster than human translation. files where possible
That said, even if speed is your primary concern, MT may not 4) All documents are run against existing translation
necessarily be an ideal option. Since each project is unique,
memory (TM) for matching segments
there’s no mathematical equation to determine exact time
savings; what’s clear, however, is that the time savings ac- 5) Remaining text is translated through advanced
crued by MT is directly proportional to volume—projects
machine translation (MT) software
that might take months to complete with traditional human
translation can be shortened to weeks or even days using MT
6) Reviewers comb through translated text, correcting
methodologies. For small projects, though, the turnaround
time disparities are significantly less pronounced, and in many basic spelling and grammar issues
cases a “rush” human translation (assembling a larger team
7) Final files are delivered to the client in electronic
of linguists to complete a project more quickly) is the better
choice—rush translations are still fast, but result in a higher format
quality final deliverable than a process that involves MT.
Is Machine Translation Right For Me? document analysis and strategy session to help you de-
MT is a highly evolving medium, but despite all the advances, termine if MT is the right choice. No matter what your re-
there is no computer program at this time that can come quirements call for, you can be sure that your Translations.
close to interpreting the subtle cultural and linguistic idio- com team will recommend a solution that strikes the most
syncrasies that the human brain can. Since language is an appropriate balance between timing, cost, and quality for
intensely human device, computerized translations by nature your translated materials.
lag behind human translation in quality, reliability, nuance,
and cultural appropriateness.
Applied in the right circumstances (i.e. extremely high-volume
projects where quality is not a major concern), MT solutions
can convey levels of time and cost savings that may not pos-
sible with conventional translation processes. That said, in the
vast majority of circumstances, the risks associated with pro-
ducing lower quality content outweigh the benefits, and hu-
man translation is the only option that should be considered.
Should you be interested in exploring an MT solution for your
organization, our expert client service team will lead a source
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White Paper: Machine Translation
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White Paper: Machine Translation l Copyright Translations.com 2009
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