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Automation of Terminology tasks using T-Manager

Automation of Terminology tasks using T-Manager. Rafael Guzmán Symantec LRC Conference, 2 October 2008. Agenda. Introduction to terminology tasks Terminology tools and repositories Good quality: nice to have or critical? Problems How T-Manager can assist T-Manager DEMO.

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Automation of Terminology tasks using T-Manager

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  1. Automation of Terminology tasks using T-Manager Rafael GuzmánSymantecLRC Conference, 2 October 2008

  2. Agenda • Introduction to terminology tasks • Terminology tools and repositories • Good quality: nice to have or critical? • Problems • How T-Manager can assist • T-Manager DEMO

  3. Many different terminology tools • Many different terminology repositories & tools:

  4. Good quality: nice to have or critical? • Terminology good-quality and controlled terminology: • Very important for human translation • Critical for rule-based Machine Translation (MT) • Achieved through different tasks: Metrics reports Harvesting / Leveraging Consolidation (duplicates, deprecated terms) Validation Synchronisation (between 2 dictionaries) Customisation

  5. Problems • Tools tend to focus on “just” some tasks • Limited flexibility for customisation to different needs • No appropriate comparison criteria, no good quality: • Manual tasks: time-consuming and prone to errors POS values (noun, verb, adverb, adjective...) “Noises” (linguistic clues, trade marks and punctuation signs, hotkeys) Leading/Trailing spaces Case (sensitive or insensitive)

  6. How T-Manager can assist • T-Manager: • Flexible Tools companion • automates comparison criteria and terminology tasks Metrics reports Harvesting / Leveraging POS values (noun, verb, adverb, adjective...) Validation “Noises” (linguistic clues, trade marks and punctuation signs, hotkeys) Leading/Trailing spaces Synchronisation T-Manager Case (sensitive or insensitive) Consolidation Customisation

  7. Agenda • Introduction to terminology tasks • T-Manager DEMO • diagnosing a glossary or TM • comparing two dictionaries • converting a glossary into a Systran dictionary T-Manager

  8. Conclusion • Terminology quality is critical for rule-based MT • Terminology tasks require: • flexible technology • consistent comparison criteria • automation • T-Manager • Companion tool that helps to automate terminology comparison criteria and typical tasks • Easily customisable and open to creativity • Freeware: www.invenis.net T-Manager

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