「中国日报网」计算机翻译会取代人工翻译吗?( 二 )


生产翻译耳机的美国初创企业韦弗利实验室的首席执行官安德鲁?奥乔亚说:“我们花了数十年的时间来研究 , 以创建一个算法框架 , 该框架旨在以与人类大脑(神经网络)相同的方式来识别模式 。 ”
"Combining that with speech recognition technology has allowed us to make a huge leap forward in terms of accuracy."
“我们将其与语音识别技术相结合 , 大幅提升了准确性 。 ”
「中国日报网」计算机翻译会取代人工翻译吗?
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There's no doubt that CAT tools have taken some of the hard grind out of text translations like instruction manuals or questionnaires, says Milan-based Paola Grassi, a professional translator for Wordbank, a global marketing and translation agency.
在米兰工作的保拉?格拉西是全球营销和翻译机构词汇库的专业翻译 。 她说 , 毫无疑问 , 计算机辅助翻译工具已经接手了一些文本翻译的繁琐工作 , 比如说明书或调查问卷的翻译 。
"Survey contents are among the most repetitive ones and a good CAT tool can hugely speed up the process," she says.
“调查内容是最重复的内容之一 , 好的计算机辅助翻译工具可以极大地加快翻译过程 , ”她说 。
For meetings and conferences, wearable translators like Waverly's are undoubtedly popular. But even this new generation tech, which combines speech recognition neural networks and internet-based translation engines, has limitations.
对于会议来说 , 像韦弗利实验室产品这样的可穿戴式翻译器无疑是很受欢迎的 。 但是 , 即使是这种结合了语音识别神经网络和基于互联网的翻译引擎的新一代技术 , 也有局限性 。
Users must wait at least a few seconds for a phrase to be translated, or more if the internet connection is poor.
用户必须等待至少几秒钟才能翻译出一个短语 , 如果网络连接不好 , 时间会更久 。
And computers still lack the subtlety of human communication.
此外 , 计算机仍然难以翻译出人类交流的微妙之处 。
"Translation technology is undoubtedly a useful tool for certain content such as manuals," says Zoey Cooper, brand and content director at Wordbank.
词汇库的品牌和内容主管佐伊?库珀说:“翻译技术无疑是处理说明书等内容的有用工具 。 ”
"But if you want to create a relationship with the reader, you need a human translator to make it sound natural and capture the sentiment, which often involves restructuring a sentence completely."
“但是 , 如果你想和读者建立联系 , 你需要人工翻译 , 让译文听起来更自然 , 引起共鸣 , 这通常涉及到重新组织语句 。 ”
"I believe CAT tools hinder creativity," says Antonio Navarro Gosálvez, an English-to-Spanish translator based in Alicante, Spain.
“我认为计算机辅助翻译工具会阻碍创造力 , ”安东尼奥·纳瓦罗·戈萨韦兹说 , 他是西班牙阿利坎特的一名英语-西语翻译 。
"If the tool shows you a partial translation match, I find it's actually harder to discard part of the sentence and rebuild it than to just create something from scratch."
“如果这个工具译出了一部分语句 , 我发现舍弃部分语句并重新组织语言实际上比从头开始翻译要困难得多 。 ”
from scratch:从头开始
Mr Ochoa thinks this problem could be resolved within the next 10 years.


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