| Course title |
Post-Editing Machine Translation |
| Course Instructors |
Jean Nitzke, Anke Tardel |
| Course description |
This course will give you an introduction to post-editing (the correction of raw machine translated output by a human translator). It will cover both theoretical backgrounds and practical exercises. |
| Course objectives |
- To learn how machine translation works
- To understand what post-editing is and how it can be executed
- To distinguish between human translation, post-editing, and proofreading
- To evaluate the factors influencing the post-editing process
- To learn about post-editing in practice and research
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| Topics covered |
- MT history
- MT approaches
- General PE
- Different PE styles
- PE and Translation Memory Systems
- PE and controlled languages
- PE in research
- PE in practice
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| Level |
Introductory to intermediate |
| Modality |
Interactive presentations, audio & screen recordings, exercises, knowledge quizzes, readings |
| Time commitment |
120 hrs |
| ECTS |
5 |
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