MTradumàtica : statistical machine translation customisation for translators

This article presents the results of the research project ProjecTA, which attempts to bring machine translation within closer reach of translators. This works from the basic assumption that the translator's profile is valid for managing MT-related tasks. The first phase of this project consisted of researching to what degree translation agencies in Catalonia and Spain use MT, via a survey sent to translation companies. The results showed that MT is used very little by micro and small enterprises, which led to the second phase of this project, namely to develop a free MT platform, MTradumàtica, specifically designed for translator