Post-Editing (MTPE)
Service

Post-Editing (MTPE) Outsourcing

A post-editor familiar with your industry will handle the post-editing (MTPE) on behalf of your company.

 

 

 

 

Workflow that achieves cost reduction and shortened delivery time while maintaining translation quality

"Even if machine translation is introduced for the purpose of cost reduction, will post-editing (MTPE) increase costs?"
Many customers have such concerns.
Certainly, if too much time is spent on post-editing, (MTPE) there is no point in using machine translation. It is important to determine the quality criteria for post-editing (MTPE) that achieves cost and time reduction while meeting quality requirements.
The workload of "post-editing (MTPE)" varies depending on the desired quality requirements.
Is it sufficient for the content to be accurately conveyed, or are fluency and readabilityalso required?
We will propose the optimal post-editing (MTPE) method that suits your budget, schedule, and quality requirements.

 

 

■ Post-Editing (MTPE) Workflow

 

 

■ Quality Definition

Before starting the post-editing (MTPE) process, we will discuss the level of correction required by the client for each project.
At Human Science, we offer two types of post-editing (MTPE) services: "Light Edit" and "Full Edit," depending on the level of correction needed for the translated text.

 

 

■ Quality Management Guidelines

Once the desired quality is determined, we will create guidelines for all workers too share.
By adopting a common policy that is recognized by all workers to prevent excessive revisions, we achieve quality assurance and efficiency.
For some projects, a shared understanding may be achieved through samples.

 

 

 

You do not have to maintain a machine translation engine; we take care of everything

Human Science uses an engine to provide "machine translation processing + post-editing (MTPE)" services in one package. You can rest assured that the translation data will not be reused to train the machine translation engine.
We can propose the optimal workflow and operation method for machine translation engines, utilizing translation support tools (such as SDL Trados Studio / Memsource / MemoQ) and past translation assets such as translation memories. Please feel free to consult with us.

 

Human Science operates the engine

 

 

 

Post-Editing (MTPE) Fees

The rates for post-editing (MTPE) vary based on the field, translation volume, quality of the source text, and the presence of translation memory.
After defining the quality requirements via translation samples, we will provide a personalized estimate.

 

■ Model Fees

Translation from Japanese to English
If the translation rate per person is 13 yen

Full Edit: 9.1 yen (30% reduction compared to human translation)
Light Edit: 6.5 yen (50% reduction compared to human translation)

 

* Assuming that 100,000 characters per month are machine-translated into English at a rate of 13 yen per character and thencorrected via light editing.
* The actual cost may vary depending on the translation volume, quality of the Japanese text, and the presence of translation memory.
* The usage and implementation costs of the machine translation system are not included.

 

 

Supported Languages

Japanese, English, Chinese (simplified/traditional), Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Turkish, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Iberian Portuguese, Dutch, Greek, Czech, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Slovenian, Slovak, Estonian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, etc.