Some may think that the professional translator community isn't interested in MT. Yet, here are the current results of several polls on www.proz.com (one of the main sites for professional translators).
Do you use Machine Translation tools for professional purposes? Poll by Marco Cevoli Total votes:1533 No 72.9% Yes 15.1% Sometimes 10.4% Other - N/A 1.6% Sep 3 2009 Discuss (10 posts) Do you feel threatened by machine translation software? Poll by AngelaMaria Total votes: 931 No 88.3% Yes 11.7% Sep 5 2009 Discuss (20 posts) Will machine translation ever replace human translation entirely? Poll by Paulo César Mendes MD, CT Total votes: 1451 No, never 69.6% Yes, but I won't live to see it 12.8% Maybe 12.2% Yes, and I'll live to see it 3.9% Other - N/A 1.5% Sep 5 2009 Discuss (46 posts) When will machine translation be infallible? Poll by Andre Monteiro Andrade Total votes:1174 Never 77.0% 10-25 years 6.3% < 10 years 4.8% > 50 years 4.8% 26-50 years 3.7% Other - N/A 3.5% Sep 5 2009 Discuss (22 posts) _______________________________________________ Mt-list mailing list
