[Mt-list] User feedback in MT -- already in use?

[Christian Boitet]

Hi MT-fans,			31/3/04

At 12:59 -0500 30/03/04, Ariadna Font Llitjos wrote:
Hi Nic,

I'm actually working on how to use user feedback to directly and
automatically improve a translation grammar.
I have a paper accepted in LREC04 that describes the tool I built to allow
users to correct translations (the TCTool). It's already linked from
my web-site: http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~aria/publications.html
And I'm currently writing a paper that focuses more on the back-end
details, which I could send you as soon as it gets accepted to a
conference, if you're interested.
Let me know.
ari

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        Ariadna Font Llitjos
        Language Technologies Institute     Carnegie Mellon University
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That is another way to attack the problem of improving MT quality 
output, but it  is not of the sort envisaged by the original 
question. However, it supposes (in general) that the user is a 
professional translator knowing very well both languages, while the 
ID approach is more for non-professionals knowing the source language 
only.

I would like to mention that user feedback to automatically modify MT 
systems (learning approach) is not a new idea. Pr SU Keh Yih has 
incorporated it in his commercial MT systems at BDC at least since 
the late 80's.

Dr. Keh-Yih Su [kysu AT bdc.com.tw]
Behavior Design Corporation
2F, No. 5, Industry E. Rd. IV
Science-Based Industrial Park
Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC
Tel:  (O) 886-3-5770243 ext 300
Fax:  886-3-5770459
Best,
CB
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