Abstract
Nagao [8] suggests to model machine translation as an imitation of a
process that can be observed in human translation behavior. However, not much
work has been done in anMT context that looks intohuman translationprocesses.
This paper seeks to introduce a research method for the investigation of human
translation behavior based on User-Activity Data (UAD) which consists of the
translator’s recorded keystroke and eye-movement behavior and which can be re-
played and analysed off-line. The paper gives the background of this technique
and an example on a English-to-Danish translation. Our goal is to elaborate and
investigate cognitively grounded basic translation concepts which are material-
ized and traceable in the UAD.
process that can be observed in human translation behavior. However, not much
work has been done in anMT context that looks intohuman translationprocesses.
This paper seeks to introduce a research method for the investigation of human
translation behavior based on User-Activity Data (UAD) which consists of the
translator’s recorded keystroke and eye-movement behavior and which can be re-
played and analysed off-line. The paper gives the background of this technique
and an example on a English-to-Danish translation. Our goal is to elaborate and
investigate cognitively grounded basic translation concepts which are material-
ized and traceable in the UAD.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the Twelfth EAMT Conference 22-23 September 2008 |
| Editors | John Hutchins, Walther v. Hahn |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Place of Publication | Hamburg |
| Publisher | HITEC e.V |
| Publication date | 2008 |
| Pages | 21-26 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783000257704 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
| Event | The 12th Annual Conference of the European Association for Machine Translation. EAMT 2008 - University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany Duration: 22 Sept 2008 → 23 Sept 2008 Conference number: 12 http://www.eamt.org/eamtconf.php |
Conference
| Conference | The 12th Annual Conference of the European Association for Machine Translation. EAMT 2008 |
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| Number | 12 |
| Location | University of Hamburg |
| Country/Territory | Germany |
| City | Hamburg |
| Period | 22/09/2008 → 23/09/2008 |
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Keywords
- Eye trackning
- User-Activity Data