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Relating Translation Quality Barriers to Source-Text Properties
No full textThis paper aims to automatically identify which linguistic phenomena represent barriers to better MT quality. We focus on the
translation of news data for two bidirectional language pairs: EN↔ES and EN↔DE. Using the diagnostic MT evaluation toolkit
DELiC4MT and a set of human reference translations, we relate translation quality barriers to a selection of 9 source-side PoS-based
linguistic checkpoints. Using output from the winning SMT, RbMT, and hybrid systems of the WMT 2013 shared task, translation
quality barriers are investigated (in relation to the selected linguistic checkpoints) according to two main variables: (i) the type of the
MT approach, i.e. statistical, rule-based or hybrid, and (ii) the human evaluation of MT output, ranked into three quality groups
corresponding to good, near miss and poor. We show that the combination of manual quality ranking and automatic diagnostic
evaluation on a set of PoS-based linguistic checkpoints is able to identify the specific quality barriers of different MT system types
across the four translation directions under consideration
Multilingual mark-up of text-audio synchronization at a word-by-word level, how HTML5 may assist in-browser solutions
No full textW3C standards and recommendations can be adopted to facilitate multilingual narration by synchronising the presentation of text and audio sources at a word-by-word level. The advent of HTML5 audio within the browser, in particular, is a key enabler. We explore the issues arising in scripting using that standard to allow people on the web to mark-up audio cue-points that correspond to particular words in the text, leading towards a tool that may be useful in multilingual appreciation/learning. This work extends our existing MLW semantic mark-up prototype first presented at the Pisa MLW Workshop
Review Essay: From Galleries and Catalogues to Websites: Three Online Musical Instrument Exhibitions
No full textLocalization standards, knowledge- and information-centric business models, and the commoditization of linguistic information
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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