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Don't be afraid to provide the tools to those who need them Manuel Herranz – PangeaMT - Pangeanic www.pangea.com.mt - User empowerment - DIY SMT
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how machine translation is about empowering users and how users can be empowered using DIY SMT technology to build their own statistical machine translation solutions
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Don't be afraid to provide the tools to those who need them
Manuel Herranz – PangeaMT - Pangeanic
www.pangea.com.mt
- User empowerment -DIY SMT
PangeaMT – putting open standards to work… well
http://t.co/HDTboxQ
USERS
80% like 19% not like 1% done before
User empowerment
PangeaMT – putting open standards to work… well
http://t.co/HDTboxQ
USERS
80% like 19% not like 1% done before
User empowerment
Meaning of USER becoming closely related to COMMUNITY, POWER, FEEDBACK, ACCOUNTABILITY
PangeaMT – putting open standards to work… well
Humankind constant search for
TOOLS
better more other things
http://t.co/HDTboxQ
PangeaMT – putting open standards to work… well
Humankind constant search for
TOOLS
better more other things
An instrument for making material changes on other objects […]. Tools are the primary means by human beings control and manipulate their physical environment – Encyclopedia Britannica.
http://t.co/HDTboxQ
PangeaMT – putting open standards to work… well
History of the world largelya fight to control
MT: Another translator out of business ...... ?
resources tools[technology]
PangeaMT – putting open standards to work… well
History of the world largelya fight to control
resources tools[technology]
In 20th-21st century also a fight to control and manipulate
INFORMATION [data]
ACCESS [data]
PangeaMT – putting open standards to work… well
History of the world largelya fight to control
21st century
INFORMATION [data]
ACCESS [data]
IS THE ERA OF• SHARING • OPEN
PangeaMT – putting open standards to work… well
History of the world largelya fight to control
21st century
IS THE ERA OF• SHARING • OPEN
* Communities
* Source (Linux, others)
* Data
INFORMATION [data]
ACCESS [data]
PangeaMT – putting open standards to work… well
History of the world largelya fight to control
21st century
IS THE ERA OF• SHARING • OPEN
* Communities
* Source (Linux, others)
* Data
USERShave the power
“We cannot solve the problem using the same tools and the way of thinking that created it” A. Einstein
INFORMATION [data]
ACCESS [data]
PangeaMT – putting open standards to work… well
MT at Pangeanic, from Trial to Production 2007/08
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• DIY SMT • Empower Users• Glossary• Automated re-training• Transfer architecture and know-how to users• Compatibility with commercial formats (ttx, sdlxliff, itd)
2007 and before
• RB tests with commercial software• Insufficiently good output• Only internal production• EU Post-Editing Award
• V1: Small data sets (2-5M words), automotive & electronics• (ES), then Fr/It/De in other fields
• Division born • 00's of engine trials and language combinations• Open-Source to commercial• TMX / XLIFF workflows
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MT at Pangeanic, from Trial to Production
•Users provide information to improve [they are the source & target]
• Potential MT users wanted to be another Pangeanic = build their own systems
- Some can, some can’t- Other want turnkey developments- Others prefer SaaS- Most want to unwrap the black box but without walking the road
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PangeaMTTech. notthe realm of afew providers
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• MT acceptance growth.• Translator engagement challenge• Need for data has been addressed – still more work to be done.• Users and practitioners now can build their own systems.
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Predictions
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• Combinations??• Supra-engines??• World-knowledge?? …...suggestions....???
Tech. notthe realm of afew providers
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• USER EMPOWERMENT : give people the tools so they can grow their own solutions• PangeaMT provides infrastructure• Cloud Training : so users concentrate in production, not in technical bits & updates• Pressure for data availability coming from users will benefit efforts for standardization
Summary
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Thank you !
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