Our view on the state of postediting: 1. The number of machine translation providers and usage is growing exponentially 2. Different Service Level Agreements are designed to address heterogeneous customer needs. 3. The supply of post-editors is increasing every year. 4. Machine Translation systems are becoming friendly tools for translators. And all this is converging into an API Economy.

1. Our View on
the State of Post-editing
Diego Bartolome
@diegobartolome
dbc@tauyou.com

2. The number of machine
translation providers and
usage is growing
exponentially

3. and others

4. 75+ clients
20 countries
~700 Million words in 2014
All language pairs

5. Different Service Level
Agreements are designed
to address heterogeneous
customer needs

6. performance demanded
in high end markets
performance demanded
in low end markets
sustaining technology
disruptive technology

8. The supply of post-
editors is increasing
every year

9. 1100+ post-editors in tauyou database
http://www.tauyou.com/newindex.html#posteditors
TAUS Post-Editors Directory/Certification
https://find.taus.net/post-editors
SDL Certification
http://www.translationzone.com/learning/training/post-ed
iting-machine-translation

10. Machine Translation
systems are becoming
friendly tools for
translators

11. Automatic Post-editing Rules
Control of the Machine Translation Engines
Tools specialized for post-editing tasks
Clear metrics to determine pricing

12. The API Economy

14. Change
before you
have to
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