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Tag: BLEU

Focusing on BLEU Can Bias Machine Translation Output

1 day ago

January 14, 2021

Focusing on BLEU Can Bias Machine Translation Output

1 day ago
Machine Translation ·

by Seyma Albarino

On January 14, 2021

Though beam search can boost BLEU scores, it can also lead to high rates of misgendered pronouns, even when translating between two gendered languages. Continue reading

Here Are the Top 10 Most Influential Research Papers on Neural Machine Translation

1 month ago

December 8, 2020

Here Are the Top 10 Most Influential Research Papers on Neural Machine Translation

1 month ago
Machine Translation ·

by Seyma Albarino

On December 8, 2020

The most-cited neural machine translation research papers show how NMT came to dominate the field — and how academia and industry’s interests have evolved. Continue reading

Google Explores New Way to Improve Google Translate: Paraphrasing by Humans

2 months ago

November 12, 2020

Google Explores New Way to Improve Google Translate: Paraphrasing by Humans

2 months ago
Machine Translation ·

by Seyma Albarino

On November 12, 2020

Google study shows human-paraphrased reference translations and new evaluation metric, BLEUP, produce better translations. Findings to be integrated into consumer-facing products. Continue reading

Facebook Ramps Up Open Source Drive Into Speech Translation

5 months ago

August 6, 2020

Facebook Ramps Up Open Source Drive Into Speech Translation

5 months ago
Machine Translation ·

by Seyma Albarino

On August 6, 2020

Facebook AI invites developers to improve a speech translation dataset and a open sources a toolkit that evaluates simultaneous speech and text translation. Continue reading

And the Winner Is…ACL 2020 Announces Best Paper Awards

6 months ago

July 9, 2020

And the Winner Is…ACL 2020 Announces Best Paper Awards

6 months ago
Academia ·

by Marion Marking

On July 9, 2020

Association for Computational Linguistics names Best Research Papers of 2020 from a field of more than 3,000 submissions; paper that argues for retiring BLEU is runner-up. Continue reading

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BLEU Has Measured Machine Translation Quality Since 2002. It’s Fast Becoming Useless.

1 year ago

December 2, 2019

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BLEU Has Measured Machine Translation Quality Since 2002. It’s Fast Becoming Useless.

1 year ago
Machine Translation ·

by Seyma Albarino

On December 2, 2019

As machine translation quality improves, precision-based metrics struggle to identify the best systems. Why have newer metrics not ousted longtime standard BLEU? Continue reading

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A Quick Primer on Edit-Distance, a Key Metric in Post-Editing Machine Translation

1 year ago

November 5, 2019

A Quick Primer on Edit-Distance, a Key Metric in Post-Editing Machine Translation

1 year ago
Machine Translation ·

by Seyma Albarino

On November 5, 2019

As the language industry transitions to an operating model where the first draft is mostly generated by machines, many are looking for ways to quantify linguists' value-add. Edit-distance can help. Continue reading

Researchers Propose New Way to Detect Machine Translation — Maybe Google Could Use It

1 year ago

November 4, 2019

Researchers Propose New Way to Detect Machine Translation — Maybe Google Could Use It

1 year ago
Academia ·

by Seyma Albarino

On November 4, 2019

Google has admitted machine translated content is a challenge to ranking algorithms. Researchers at the University of Tokyo may have found a solution: back-translation. Continue reading

NVIDIA Engineer on Machine Translation Research’s State-of-the Art and Future Direction

1 year ago

September 24, 2019

NVIDIA Engineer on Machine Translation Research’s State-of-the Art and Future Direction

1 year ago
Features ·

by Seyma Albarino

On September 24, 2019

NVIDIA Senior Deep Learning Engineer Chip Huyen details progress on MT challenges, including data requirements, sentence-length limitations, and imperfect quality evaluation techniques. Continue reading

Facebook Patents Alternative to ‘Expensive’ BLEU

1 year ago

August 22, 2019

Facebook Patents Alternative to ‘Expensive’ BLEU

1 year ago
Machine Translation ·

by Esther Bond

On August 22, 2019

Facebook has been granted a patent for its machine translation quality evaluation system, which relies on user engagement data to decide which translation users prefer. Continue reading

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As Neural Machine Translation’s Core Model Seems Settled, Focus Shifts to Products

2 years ago

May 27, 2019

As Neural Machine Translation’s Core Model Seems Settled, Focus Shifts to Products

2 years ago
Sponsored Content ·

by Gino Diño

On May 27, 2019

At SlatorCon London 2019, Systran CEO Jean Senellart outlined the latest in NMT developments, called out some myths from vendors, and pointed out what’s missing from the industry. Continue reading

Google, Microsoft, Baidu Step Up NMT Research in Record August as BLEU Takes Heat

2 years ago

September 14, 2018

Google, Microsoft, Baidu Step Up NMT Research in Record August as BLEU Takes Heat

2 years ago
Machine Translation ·

by Gino Diño

On September 14, 2018

August 2018 became the busiest month ever for neural machine translation research as more papers call for improved evaluation methods and big tech companies step up the number of submissions. Continue reading

In Human vs. Machine Translation, Compare Documents, Not Sentences

2 years ago

August 24, 2018

In Human vs. Machine Translation, Compare Documents, Not Sentences

2 years ago
Academia ·

by Gino Diño

On August 24, 2018

Microsoft’s “human parity” claims drew skepticism from a team of neural machine translation researchers as they found that much of the research and industry community is looking at the problem... Continue reading

How BLEU Measures Translation and Why It Matters

4 years ago

November 14, 2016

How BLEU Measures Translation and Why It Matters

4 years ago
Technology ·

by Hazel Mae Pan

On November 14, 2016

When Google’s CEO goes on stage and measures translation accuracy to the third decimal place, it is as good a time as any to take a closer look at the yardstick he uses. A short introduction to BLEU Continue reading

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