US 8,805,669 B2 · Method of and a system for translation

Abstract

A translation system for translating source text from a first language to target text in a second language. The system comprises a translation memory (TM) module that stores translation segments. The TM module is operable to generate a TM target text output in response to source text. A statistical translation machine (SMT) module is configured to generate translations on the basis of statistical models whose parameters are derived from the analysis of bilingual text corpora. The SMT module is operable to generate a SMT target text output in response to source text. An extractor is configured to extract features from the TM target text output and the SMT target text output. A vector generator is configured to generate a vector with a unified feature set derived from the extracted features and features associated with the SMT module and the TM module. A recommender is operable to read the vector and determine whether the TM target text output or the SMT target text output is optimum for post editing.

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A translation system for translating source text from a first language to target text in a second language, the system comprising:

at least one processor;
and
at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium that stores processor executable instructions and information, which includes:
a translation memory (TM) module storing translation segments;
the TM module being operable to generate a TM target text output in response to the source text,
a statistical machine translation (SMT) module configured to generate translations on the basis of statistical models, the statistical models each having a respective number of parameters derived from the analysis of bilingual text corpora;
the SMT module being operable to generate a SMT target text output in response to the source text,
the at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium and which in response to the execution of the processor executable instructions implements:
an extractor configured to extract system independent features from the TM target text output and the SMT target text output,
a vector generator configured to generate a vector with a unified feature set derived from the extracted features and features obtained directly from each of the SMT module and the TM module, and
a recommender operable to read the vector and determine whether the TM target text output or the SMT target text output is optimum for post editing.

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Method of and a system for translation

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