Presented by Carola Berger, PhD, CT

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About the workshop

Join us for a workshop on MTPE (machine translation post-editing). The workshop will be language neutral with into-English examples that are, however, applicable to other language pairs.

The workshop will be divided into two parts:

-Part 1, theory, will be recorded in case you cannot attend this portion live. You must be pre-registered to watch the recording.

-Part 2 will include a significant practical portion where participants analyze real-life examples. This portion will not be recorded.

What you will learn

Part 1 – Theoretical Lecture
This part will be recorded. The recording will be available to pre-registered participants in case they cannot attend live. We recommend, however, that you watch part 1 before attending part 2.

-A very brief overview over MT systems
-Brief comments on generative AI systems (also known as Large Language Models) and “automated” post-editing
-The difference between full PE and light PE and other important definitions
-Skills that post-editors should have
-Which document types are suitable for post-editing and which are NOT
-Expectations in terms of speed and productivity for considerations with respect to rates and pricing
-Various quality metrics and post-editing metrics
-Q&A

Part 2 – Practical Portion
Will not be recorded, must attend live.

-Machine translation error categories and classifications
-Providing proper linguistic feedback to MT software engineers
-Concrete practical examples of typical MT behavior
-The post-editing workflow in real life
-Group discussion: How to deal with clients asking for MTPE instead of a translation for all the wrong reasons with several real-life examples (slightly altered from actual scenarios to protect the guilty)
-Q&A and discussion

Note: If you have any specific questions that you’d like to see discussed, please email them to the presenter at info@cfbtranslations.com by February 16.

About the presenter

Carola F. Berger, PhD, CT is an ATA-certified patent and technical translator, translating and post-editing between German and English, doing business as CFB Scientific Translations LLC. Carola has not only been post-editing machine translated patents for a few years, she has also taken courses on MTPE and the inner workings of neural machine translation and even coded her own MT engine. In 2022, she co-authored a presentation on quality metrics for the MT Summit 2022 by AMTA (the American Machine Translation Association). She has given numerous presentations for ATA, NCTA, and other translators organizations on artificial intelligence, MT, and post-editing.

Workshop details

Wednesday, February 21, 2024. 5:00 pm-7:00 pm Pacific Time

Saturday, February 24, 2024. 10:00 am-12:00 noon Pacific Time

Where: Online via Zoom

Continuing Education Points: 4 ATA CE credits

Pricing:

$95 for non-NCTA members, $75 for NCTA members

Please note: Register now! A $20 late-registration charge will be added after Feb. 15th. NCTA reserves the right to cancel the event in case the number of registrations is too low. Register now to avoid a cancellation.

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