Tips for correcting common mistakes and trends in machine translation (post-editing) Part 3: Reflecting omitted content in the original text

3. Example ③ reflecting the content omitted in the original text

Here, the content of "using a minus driver" is omitted. Although there is an image using a minus driver directly below this sentence in the document, it is recommended to clearly reflect this content in the text as well to avoid user errors during operation.

4. Example ④ reflecting the content omitted in the original text

Here, since the original text is omitted, the translated text also omits the object. "Connect" can also be an intransitive verb, so there are no particular grammatical issues in machine-translated sentences, but it still feels a little unnatural without an object. We recommend using "any device" as the object to mean "Do not connect any device to this connector."

5. Example of reflecting the content omitted in the original text ⑤

Here, since "When handling modules" is omitted in the original text, we have properly reflected its content in the translated text.

However, there is an exception in this case, so caution is necessary. For example, if the previous sentence was "Handling the module with bare hands can cause damage due to the risk of static discharge.", then just "Be sure to wear an anti-static wrist strap." is sufficient.

When translating, it is important to consider the surrounding context in order to accurately reflect the omitted content from the original text.

6. Example of reflecting the content omitted in the original text ⑥

In this original text, many contents are omitted, so machine translation cannot recognize subjects or objects, resulting in multiple pronouns "it" being used in the translation. As a result, the translation is very unnatural and the reader can hardly understand the content.

When all the omitted content is reflected in the original text, it will look like the following.

"If the extension is not set, the instructor must either add the extension from the field for editing the file name before opening the file, or have the student set the appropriate extension in the file name and resubmit."

And, it has been corrected to this content with post-edit.

In the future, no matter how much the quality and performance improve, it will be difficult for machine translation to understand implications and accurately reflect omitted content in the original text. Therefore, I believe it is important to become accustomed to such responses in order to improve post-editing skills.