NDLI: Features of Accuracy Mismatch between Back-Translated Sentences and Target-Translated Sentences

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Miyabe, M. Yoshino, T.
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	In communication using a machine translation, inaccurate translation prevents effective communication between individuals and leads to misunderstandings. Back-translation is used to check the accuracy of a sentence translated to a native language. For back-translation to be used as a method for checking the accuracy of a translated sentence, it has to satisfy the following conditions: There must be a positive correlation between the accuracy of sentences translated to an intermediate language and that of back-translated sentences, and there can be no significant difference between them. From the results of our verification, we found that back-translation satisfies these conditions. However, we found that accuracy mismatch case 1, which means that a back-translated sentence is accurate but the translated sentence is inaccurate, occurred although the number of such accuracy mismatch cases was small. Accuracy mismatch case 1 can lead to serious problems in communication. In this paper, we discuss the causes of accuracy mismatch case 1. We find that there are six features of accuracy mismatch between a back-translated sentence and its target-translated sentence.
Starting Page	63
Ending Page	68
File Size	514158
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781457715938
DOI	10.1109/Culture-Computing.2011.20
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2011-10-20
Publisher Place	Japan
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Back-translation Google Accuracy Correlation Computer aided software engineering Educational institutions Electronic mail Helium Machine translation Multilingual communication
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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