post-editing
Correcting automated translations
Post-editing is the process of revising machine-generated translation or text to improve accuracy and readability.
A human editor corrects errors, smooths awkward phrasing, and ensures the output meets quality standards.
The term emerged with machine translation but now applies to any AI-generated content requiring human refinement: The agency hired freelancers for post-editing of their automated translations.
Automated cross-lingual text conversion
- CAT toolsSoftware assisting human translators
- source textOrigin of quoted content
- translatorOne who renders between languages
- linguistExpert in languages
localization · Google Translate · quality assurance · fluency · adequacy · terminology · glossary · translation memory
Altering to improve
- turnaroundShift in opposite direction
- productivityOutput relative to input
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- error correctionFixing identified mistakes
guidelines · style guide · client feedback · deadline · throughput · cost reduction · batch processing · consistency
Degree of correctness
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- readabilityEase of understanding text
- naturalnessUnaffected, uncontrived quality
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
syntax · punctuation · mistranslation · omission · addition · awkward phrasing · literal translation · false friends
machine translation
Automated cross-lingual text conversion
- CAT toolsSoftware assisting human translators
- source textOrigin of quoted content
- translatorOne who renders between languages
linguist · localization · Google Translate · quality assurance · fluency · adequacy · terminology · glossary · translation memory · bilingual
revision
Altering to improve
- turnaroundShift in opposite direction
- productivityOutput relative to input
- efficiencyProductive without waste
error correction · guidelines · style guide · client feedback · deadline · throughput · cost reduction · batch processing · consistency · amendments
accuracy
Degree of correctness
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- readabilityEase of understanding text
- naturalnessUnaffected, uncontrived quality
grammar · syntax · punctuation · mistranslation · omission · addition · awkward phrasing · literal translation · false friends · register
- translationtranslator, literal translation, literary translation, free translation, French translation
- localizationlocalization, locale, translation memory, glossaries, text translation
- translation technologymachine translation, automated translation, translation software, translation tools, translation memory
post-editingoriginal composition
Freshly created artistic piece
human translation · creative writing · authoring · content creation · freewriting
post, edit, editing, edited, edits, editor, editors, editorial, editorially