Standards and scoring frameworks for post-editing

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Topic: Machine Translation Post Editing

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ISO 18587:2017 is the international standard for human post-editing of machine translation output.

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  • What does ISO 5060:2024 measure?: ISO 5060:2024 provides a framework for scoring human checks by error type and penalty points rather than just overall readability.
  • Which framework uses error type and penalty points?: ISO 5060:2024 uses error type and penalty points.
  • What is measured instead of only overall readability?: Error type and penalty points are used instead of only overall readability in the scoring framework.

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What is ISO 18587:2017 for?

ISO 18587:2017 is the international standard for human post-editing of machine translation output.

What does ISO 5060:2024 measure?

ISO 5060:2024 provides a framework for scoring human checks by error type and penalty points rather than just overall readability.

Which framework uses error type and penalty points?

ISO 5060:2024 uses error type and penalty points.

What is measured instead of only overall readability?

Error type and penalty points are used instead of only overall readability in the scoring framework.

Sources

  1. https://aismartventures.com/posts/can-a-translation-agency-trust-ai-check-the-source

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