Post‐Editing of Machine Translation
- Resource Type
- Reference
- Authors
- Geoffrey S. Koby, author
- Source
- The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics.
- Subject
- computer mediated communication
computational methods and data processing
language for specific purposes
translation
Applied Linguistics
Translation and Interpreting
- Language
- English
Post‐editing of machine translation is an activity in which a translator compares a source text with a translation produced by an automated process (machine translation or MT) and edits it to make it acceptable for its intended purpose. Post‐editing (PE) is a standard feature of any serious commercial MT system, and is similar to revision of human translation (HT).