A guide to machine translation for today’s professional translator

Abstract

This book looks at various aspects of machine translation, including the history of its technological advancement, quality evaluation, typical errors, techniques for improving its output, and how human translators can transform machine translation into a tool that can take some of the grind out of their work.

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Amazon Digital Services LLC – KDP, 2023

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Michael Farrell is primarily a freelance translator and transcreator. Over the years he has acquired experience in the cultural tourism field and in transcreating advertising copy and press releases, chiefly for the promotion of technology products. Besides this, he is also an untenured lecturer in post-editing, machine translation and computer tools for translators at the International University of Languages and Media (IULM), Milan, Italy, the developer of the terminology search tool IntelliWebSearch, a qualified member of the Italian Association of Translators and Interpreters (AITI) and a member of Mediterranean Editors and Translators.