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1. A Bad Idea Since 1965
Post-Editing !!
Introducing Interactive, Adaptive MT
Spence Green
spence@lilt.com

2. Problem #1: User Experience
a slave’s eye view Beyer (1965)
“Why can’t the system learn from my corrections?”
[translators] asked over and over again.
TransType (2005)
A tedious and boring chore Bell Labs (1993)

3. Problem #1: User Experience
Did you like the task of post-editing?
Moorkens and O’Brien (2015)
Yes No
Fix UX problems
with training?

4. Problem #2: Pricing with MT
Discount for MT?
Which band?
TM # words discount
101% 1 100%
95-99% 4 30%
75-84% 8 20%
New 16 0%?
?
Input quality of MT?
Correlated w/ trans.
time
Wait for MT training?

5. Recap
MT + Post-edit an approach that, generally:
Translators have never liked
Businesses can’t value effectively
Loser !!

6. Les rivières isolées ⇒ Lonely rivers

7. Interactive
predictive typing
Adaptive
instantly learn from
feedback
Responsive
<0.4 sec worldwide

8. Pricing: Supply Chain Analytics
5,300 words @ 1,237
words / hour
Buyer → LSP
1,237 x $0.20 = $247.40
LSP → Translator
1,237 x $0.08 = $98.96

10. CAT Tool REST API
GET /tr?prefix=Lonely
GET /tr?prefix=Lonely%20rivers
GET /tr?prefix=Lonely%20rivers…
POST /mem?source=&target=
One price unlimited engines, unlimited users

11. Supercharge the Textarea: lilt.js
Enhance existing UIs
Better/faster
crowd/community translation
In-context → sites and apps

12. There’s never been a better time to
stop post-editing
For the Win!