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FairTradeTranslation.com
Daniel MarcuFounder
“Build a road here:” $10M/mile
Road Cost/mile
SR 18 widening in rural King County
$24.5M/mile
US 12 widening south of Tri Cities
$3.7M/mile
I-5 widening in Vancouver $20.2M/mile
I-90 truck climbing lanes east of Cle Elum and at Vantage
$1M/mile
I-5 HOV lanes from Tukwila to Fife
$7M/mile
Sample construction projects (2005 Transportation Facts)
“TRANSLATE/POST-EDIT THIS JOB”: $0.12/WORD
High-variance in MT Quality at the language and segment levelState of affairs
“I am using MT1. It is the best.”
Yes, but…
15%
40%20%
15%
10%
Equally goodMT 1MT 2MT 3Equally bad
“I am using my custom engine MT1. It is the best.”
10%
60%
10%
10%
10%
Product Documentation
Equally goodMT 1MT 2MT 3Equally bad
20%
20%
30%
25%
5%
Customer Support & Marketing
Equally goodMT 1MT 2MT 3Equally bad
Sub-Optimal Utilization of Existing Technology Capabilities!
High-variance in post-editing ability
State of affairs• I am using (customized)
translation engine MT1. It saves me 20% in translation effort/costs.
Yes, but…
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-20%
-10%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Translation Productivity Increases Licensed by MT
Sub-Optimal Utilization of Talent!
True Translation/Post-Editing Costs
State of Affairs• Known after you’ve done the job
Bad for sellers (LSPs and translators)• Underpaid jobs• Frustration• Anxiety
Bad for buyers• Cannot validate business quotes• Cannot distribute jobs efficiently• Lower quality outcomes• Service Provider churn
Sub-optimal management of business value and commercial risk!
Machine Translation is here to stay and getting better everyday
State of Affairs• Sub-optimal
MT technology utilization
• Sub-optimal talent utilization
• Sub-optimal management of business value and commercial risk
Best segment-level MT(Bing, Google, SDL, Yours)
Instantaneous, fair-price estimates for translation/post-editing jobs
Continuous adaptation to adjust to a user’s preferredlevel of reliance on MT.
How it works (Monolingual documents)
Translation price: $0.21/word
Post-editing price(high fuzzy matches): $0.15/word
MT
Bing, Google, SDL
Select best MT (or create improved
MT output)
Determine whether translation quality is as a good as a high-
fuzzy matchPrice
INPUT
Segment 1
Segment 2
Segment 3
Segment nSegment 1
Translation 2
Segment 3
Translation n
Price estimate: $68.87 [$60.68; $84.48]
[LQ] Translation 1
Translation 2
[LQ] Translation 3
Translation n
Price estimate: $68.87 [$60.68; $84.48]
How it works (Bilingual documents)
Translation price: $0.18/word
Post-editing price(high fuzzy matches): $0.13/word
Bing, Google, SDL, Yours
Select best MT Determine Quality
Price
INPUT
Segment 1
Segment 2
Segment 3
Segment n
Price estimate: $56.35 [$50.12; 62.02]
Price estimate: $56.35 [$50.12; $62.02]
High-fuzzy
Reviewed
Your MT
Your MT
Segment 1
Segment 2
Segment 3
Segment n
High-fuzzy
Reviewed
Translation n
Segment 1
Segment 2
Segment 3
Segment n
High-fuzzy
Reviewed
[LQ] Translation 2
Translation n
How it works (Continuous adaptation)
Segment 1
Segment 2
Segment 3
Segment n
High-fuzzy
Reviewed
[LQ] Translation 2
Translation n
Price estimate: $56.35 [$50.12; $62.02]
FTT Output Your finalized work
Segment 1
Segment 2
Segment 3
Segment n
Translated/Reviewed
Reviewed
Translated/Reviewed
Translated/Reviewed
Upload to FTT.com to verify
prediction and adapt
Possible outcomes for future jobs:• Give you more MT• Give you less MT• Don’t change anything
FairTradeTranslation.com
• Immediate Availability:– 5 Language Directions
• English French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese– Supported file formats
• DOCX, PPTX, TXT, XLIFF, SDLXLIFF
• API Availability:– November, 2015
• Pricing– Free, up to 20,000 words/week– TBD for high volume customers
