Abstract
This paper presents preliminary results of a study of Japanese native speakers
working with the Microsoft Word application in two modalities: the released Japanese version and a machine translated (MT) version (the raw MT strings
incorporated into the MS Word interface). To explore the effect of translation
modality on task completion, time and satisfaction, an experiment using an eye-tracker was set up with a group of 42 users: 22 native Japanese and 20 native
English speakers. The results suggest that Japanese-native speakers have higher
completion scores and are more efficient when working with the released versions of the product than with the MT version, but these differences are not significant. Their self-reported satisfaction, however, is significantly higher when working with the released product as opposed to the raw MT version.
working with the Microsoft Word application in two modalities: the released Japanese version and a machine translated (MT) version (the raw MT strings
incorporated into the MS Word interface). To explore the effect of translation
modality on task completion, time and satisfaction, an experiment using an eye-tracker was set up with a group of 42 users: 22 native Japanese and 20 native
English speakers. The results suggest that Japanese-native speakers have higher
completion scores and are more efficient when working with the released versions of the product than with the MT version, but these differences are not significant. Their self-reported satisfaction, however, is significantly higher when working with the released product as opposed to the raw MT version.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of Machine Translation Summit XVII |
Subtitle of host publication | Research Track |
Editors | Mikel Forcada, Andy Way, Barry Haddow, Rico Sennrich |
Publisher | Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) |
Pages | 67-77 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Volume | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | Machine Translation Summit XVII - Dublin, Ireland Duration: 19-Aug-2019 → 23-Aug-2019 https://www.mtsummit2019.com/ |
Conference
Conference | Machine Translation Summit XVII |
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Country/Territory | Ireland |
City | Dublin |
Period | 19/08/2019 → 23/08/2019 |
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