Controlled Document Authoring in a Machine Translation Age

This book explores the concept, framework, implementation, and evaluation of controlled document authoring in the age of translation technologies, focusing on Japanese municipal documents. It establishes a framework for controlled document authoring by integrating various research strands and presents the development and evaluation of an authoring support system, MuTUAL, designed to help non-professional writers create readable and translatable documents.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 220 pages
\n Publication date: 30 October 2020
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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This comprehensive book delves into the realm of controlled document authoring, a crucial aspect in the age of translation technologies. Machine translation (MT) has become widely adopted across various sectors, including businesses, governments, and individuals, due to its efficiency and cost-effectiveness. However, despite recent advancements, MT tools still exhibit imperfections, often resulting in critical errors. To address this challenge, researchers and language practitioners have developed controlled languages that impose specific constraints on the form or length of the source-language text.

While controlled languages have shown promise in improving MT performance, a fundamental issue remains: both current MT systems and controlled languages primarily focus on processing sentences as individual units. To achieve effective results, controlled languages must be contextualized at the document level, enabling MT to generate outputs that align with their functional context within the target document.

With a specific focus on Japanese municipal documents, this book establishes a comprehensive framework for controlled document authoring. It integrates various research strands, including document formalization, controlled language, and terminology management, to create a robust foundation. The book then presents the development and evaluation of the MuTUAL authoring support system, designed to assist non-professional writers in creating well-organized and readable documents that are also highly translatable.

By leveraging the insights provided in this book, researchers and practitioners in the fields of translation technology, technical writing, and natural language processing applications can gain valuable knowledge and expertise in developing controlled document authoring systems that enhance the accuracy and effectiveness of MT.

Chapter 1, the Preface, and the Bibliography of this book are available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

\n Weight: 512g\n
Dimension: 162 x 241 x 21 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780367500191\n \n