Machine Translation with Human Post Editing
At The Translation People we understand that commercial constraints might make it impractical or impossible to have all your documentation translated by a specialist translator, so our option of MTPE (Machine Translation with Human Post Editing) makes the perfect alternative.
Over the years, translation technology has evolved to the point where it's now possible to fulfil high-volume translation projects by machine, with human translators improving the overall quality with thorough editing and checking. Although the finished quality of these translations can't match those carried out entirely by our specialist translators, this system does make a commercially sound alternative when budgets are critical, volumes are large and timescales are tight, or where it's not crucial to reach the same exemplary standards achieved by our human translators.
Our MTPE service is perfectly suited to when the purpose of the translation is simply to understand what the source text says, but where overall style and attention to nuance are secondary. It's also a practical and cost-effective way of translating material that would otherwise be left untranslated, and to carry out initial assessments of the source text prior to human translation or to produce work that only a handful of people within your organisation will read. Where perfect translations are critical to you business, we'd always recommend our standard translation service.
Although various engines now offer an automatic translation service, such as Google Translate, these systems aren't suitable for sensitive or confidential material because they use an unsecured central engine to store your text. In contrast, our service uses a secure engine - one that never stores your material and is used exclusively for you.
Certain automated systems offer the possibility of ‘training' the engines to meet a specific client's needs by creating terminology glossaries and incorporating previous translations already completed for that client. A more costly and time-consuming process, this process gives better and more tailored results and is always worth considering for large-scale ongoing projects featuring client-specific terminology.
In order to provide maximum flexibility to our clients, we offer three options including graded levels of editing by a professional translator. Our options are priced differently according to the level of quality they produce:
Comprehensive MTPE delivers the highest quality translations of these three options.
Standard MTPE focuses on making material understandable, and
Pure MT offers a more basic translation undertaken entirely by machine.
Rest assured that every one of our MT and MTPE projects is managed with the same level of care and professionalism that underpins our entire range of translation services.
The following graphic and examples illustrate the different levels of quality offered by these different options:
Please see the examples below to assess which of these methods is most appropriate for you. Please note that the text below is relatively simple and has produced a good initial Machine Translation. Other documents may not generate such a satisfactory result, but we will be able to advise you of this once the initial Machine Translation has been performed.
The name The Translation People a having regard to the day in 2008 after the acquisition of Roevin Translation Services in 2007 by the former director of Roevin, Steve Wilde and his partner David Nichols.
The company was formerly part of Alpnet (today SDL) and has more than 30 years of experience. In 1999, Alpnet Roevin has sold to a part of its offices, as well as Computype, an acquisition of Alpnet. The new company, specialised both in the translation services and layout of documents in a foreign language, merged with the division Technical Publications of Roevin, in order to offer its customers a complete service, the creation and translation of technical documents to the production.
Most of the employees who worked for Alpnet in the years 1990 are still part of society today!
The last ten years, the company has worked with many businesses in sectors of industry very diverse. Although it always creates of the technical documentation very specialised, The Translation People dedicated himself particularly to the translation and interpretation. The company deals with the translation and the production of all kinds of documents : marketing tools, clinical trials, financial reports, Web sites, software...
The Translation People has recently joined SDL, the world leader of the systems for overall management of information, in the framework of its partnership program providers of language services (LSP).
The Translation People will be consulted on the development of software used in the translation, such as TradosTM.
Steve Wilde and his partner of long standing, David Nichols, linguist and international consultant, have objective to transform The Translation People in a world leader translation services.
The name The Translation People dates back to 2008 after the acquisition of Roevin Translation Services in 2007 by the former director of Roevin, Steve Wilde and his partner David Nichols.
The company was formerly part of Alpnet (today SDL) and has more than 30 years of experience. In 1999, Alpnet Roevin sold to a part of its offices, as well as Computype, an acquisition of Alpnet. The new company, specialising in both in the translation services and layout of documents in a foreign language, merged with the Technical Publications division of Roevin, in order to offer its customers a complete service, the creation and translation of technical documents to the production.
Most of the employees who worked for Alpnet in the years 1990 are still part of the company today!
The last ten years, the company has worked with many businesses in very diverse sectors of industry. Although it still creates very specialised technical documentation, The Translation People dedicated itself particularly to translation and interpretation. The company deals with the translation and the production of all kinds of documents : marketing tools, clinical trials, financial reports, Web sites, software...
The Translation People has recently joined SDL, the world leader of the systems for overall management of information, in the framework of its partnership program providers of language services (LSP).
The Translation People will be consulted on the development of software used in the translation, such as TradosTM.
Steve Wilde and his partner of long standing, David Nichols, linguist and international consultant, have the objective to transform The Translation People in a world leader of translation services.
The name The Translation People dates back to 2008 following the acquisition of Roevin Translation Services in 2007 by former Roevin director, Steve Wilde, and his partner David Nichols.
The company was formerly part of Alpnet (today SDL) and has more than 30 years' experience. In 1999, Alpnet sold some of its offices, as well as Computype, an acquisition of Alpnet, to Roevin. The new company, which specialised in both translation services and layout of documents in a foreign language, merged with the Technical Publications division of Roevin, in order to offer its customers a complete service: from the creation and translation of technical documents to production work.
Most of the employees who worked for Alpnet in the years 1990 are still part of the company today!
Over the last ten years, the company has worked with many businesses in highly diverse sectors of industry. Although it still offers the creation of specialised technical documentation as a service, The Translation People now dedicates itself particularly to translation and interpretation. The company deals with the translation and the production of all kinds of documents: from marketing tools and clinical trials tofinancial reports, Web sites and software...
The Translation People has recently joined forces with SDL, the world leader in information management systems, within the framework of its LSP (Language Services Providers) partnership program. The Translation People will be consulted on the development of software used in the translation, such as TradosTM.
The objective of Steve Wilde and his long-term partner, David Nichols, linguist and international consultant, is to transform The Translation People into a world leader of translation services.
The clarity and quality of the source text is a determining factor in how well your document is translated by the MT engine. The Translation People offers a consultancy service on the best way to write your original source material so that you get the most effective results from this service.
| Suitable for | Not suitable for |
| Non-critical material |
Commercially critical Information |
| General understanding purposes |
Documents where accuracy is key |
| Tight deadlines and low budgets |
Highly stylistic texts |
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