CHALLENGES AT THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION Evaluation and implementation of a Statistical Machine Translation System

This paper addresses the ongoing challenges of integrating statistical machine translation (SMT) into the translation workflow of an organization such as the WTO, in which significant requirements for technical correctness must be balanced against those for political sensitivity, while dealing with budget constraints, complex workflows, tight deadlines, and high quality requirements. The integration of machine translation necessarily entails fundamental changes in the work of translators. Strategies to help translators accept these changes as well as training for those who are not computer-oriented have to be planned and provided for.