Machine Translation
Machine translation is now coming into its own as a practical aide to translation. On its own it is still not suited for publication without human revision and post-editing. More commonly, it is used by companies that are looking for an instant gist of a document or to get a non-human translation for documents that only require a 'good enough' translation. However, integrating machine translation with a (human) translation based workflow can increase your productivity significantly and even improve the results coming from machine translation.
Machine translation engines can be split into two categories: secure and unsecure. More specifically MultiTrans Prism integrates Systran (secure engine), with its Advanced Leveraging Translation Memory (ALTM) software to provide you with an easy to use, flexible machine translation solution. A machine translation engine integrated with MultiTrans Prism produces a higher quality output than a machine translation engine on its own because the system will first reuse the content contained in the translation memory and terminology database (multilingual content previously translated and reviewed by a human).
Secure Machine Translation:
Secure machine translation engines ensure that the content you request be translated by them is not shared or accessible by anyone outside your organization. MultiCorpora provides a unique solution that is part of MultiTrans PRISM. TranSys is an integrated machine translation engine installed on your server and is powered by the industry leader - Systran. This solution provides an alternative to your employees who may be using Google Translate and are unaware that their content is being repurposed and exposed publicly.
Unsecure Machine Translation:
Unsecure machine translation engines retain the content you request be translated by them, and then re-use it to the benefit of others. This may introduce a risk as it may breach an NDA or expose your intellectual property to the general public; however, if the content you wish to have translated is not sensitive in nature, an unsecure translation engine may be the most cost-effective option.
Deployment
Either of the above machine translation engines can be seamlessly integrated with your existing translation process. Integrating a machine translation engine with your translation memory can generate higher quality machine translation results, especially when integrated with the MultiTrans Prism Advanced Leveraging TM (ALTM) and terminology.
As other open source machine translation offerings become more and more popular, MultiCorpora's professional services will be able to assist you in integrating with the machine translation engine of your choice.
Machine Translation Benefits
Machine translation has benefits that range from providing a translator with a good starting point for translation, to instantly translating a document for a rough understanding. Below is a list of the key benefits associated with machine translation:
- Provide you with an instant gist of a document or good enough translation
- Shift from translation to simple post editing – lowering your translation expenses
- Give translators more choices when it comes to suggested segment translations
- Enable your organization to translate documents that you would not have translated in the past
- Eliminate your content's exposure to Google Translate
