Compensation for Post-Editing MT All Comes Down to Compromise
This is a guest post to provide an alternate and independent perspective on issues I have discussed in this blog. It is unedited and may or may not be consistent with my own views, but I think it is always useful to hear other views on these issues. I invite others who may wish to share their opinions on these MT related issues to also voice their opinions, especially those with very different views. I have added very few clarifications (in italics). My own views are outlined in this recent post and this older post which is still one of the most popular posts on this blog. With thanks to @MattBramowicz for this submission. ======================================================= If you ask a professional translator, chances are they will tell you that they’ve been requested at one time or another to provide post-editing or revisions for machine translated text. When this happens, more often than not many translators either begrudgingly accept or refuse the project altogether. This can