QT21: A New Era for Translators and the Computer
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چکیده
QT21 (see http://www.qt21.eu/) is an EU-funded project with several goals related to machine translation. This paper relates to the QT21 goal of "improved evaluation ... informed by human translators", using a framework that harmonizes MQM (Multidimensional Quality Metrics) and DQF (Dynamic Quality Framework). The purpose of the paper, which expresses my personal views, is to obtain feedback on three claims I am making about translation quality evaluation of both human and machine translation: (1) Both automatic, holistic reference-based metrics (such as BLEU) and analytic manual metrics of translation quality are needed; (2) one metric is not sufficient for all translation specifications; and (3) widespread use of specifications and the harmonized MQM/DQF framework for developing metrics will have a positive impact beyond the QT21 project. If these three claims turn out to be true, we will see a new era in the relationship between translators and computers.
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