Post-editing of machine translations

Machine translations always need to be checked by a human translator

Review and improve your machine translations

You may use machine translation as part of your localisation strategy and in such an instance, it is advisable that you include an element of human post-editing where the machine-generated content will be reviewed and amended where possible by one of our professional translators. You will receive your post-edited machine translation, in your desired format and ready for use.

Machine translation post-editing can help...

When you have incorporated machine translation into your localisation strategy.

When you have inherited poor-quality machine-translated content and need it tidying up.

When you have conducted a translation review and found that your content is actually the result of machine translation and require it bringing up to a higher standard.

As a final round of review when substituting human translation for machine translation.

What our clients say

Flexible and innovative approaches to meet demanding goals

Webcertain has been a valued partner of Portakabin for over 20 years, providing the expertise required to help us grow our business in multiple European markets. With a wide-portfolio of websites and products, as well numerous internal stakeholders, we require flexible and innovative approaches to enable us to meet the demanding goals of each business unit. Webcertain understands our needs and our brand, and this enables the team to deliver cost-effective, adaptable solutions across SEO, PPC and website development which have played a vital role in our international growth and success.

Evelyn Hodgson

Head of Brand - Portakabin

Adapted for each market for maximum impact

We work with Webcertain to increase our brand awareness across key European markets and help us drive brand growth. Together, we have created campaigns utilising multiple channels and adapted for each target market to ensure maximum impact and relevancy to our audience. Webcertain has a great support team, who are easy to reach and very helpful in providing information. They understand our needs and provide a flexible approach that enables us to meet our goals

Hazel Goesaert

European Associate Marketing Manager - Business Machines - Fellowes

Technical and strategic expertise

Webcertain's understanding of language nuance and local culture ensures our messaging is relevant and compelling in each market we target, while staying true to our brand and highlighting our USPs. We rely on their technical and strategic expertise to develop both organic and paid search campaigns which will resonate with our audience and drive results across Europe. The team understands our goals and is proactive in making recommendations for improvements and suggesting opportunities. We are very happy with the results and would recommend Webcertain as an ideal partner for any brand with a global reach.

Surpreet Bahl

Digital Marketing Manager - Esko

For international support, look no further than Webcertain

There are many challenges when running international campaigns and Webcertain has provided invaluable support to us when targeting countries as diverse as China, Japan and Russia, where both cultural and linguistic knowledge are paramount for success. This knowledge, combined with skills and expertise across all digital channels, enabled us to build tailored and targeted campaigns to inform and attract students from around the globe. If you're looking for SEO, SEM or translation support in multiple languages and countries, look no further than Webcertain.

Tim Jordan

VP Marketing Berlitz and ELS

The importance of reviewing machine translations

You may use machine translation as part of your localisation strategy. In such an instance, it is advisable that you include an element of human post-editing where the machine-generated content will be reviewed and amended where possible.

Please note that due to the nature of machine translation, there may be a variance in quality from language to language. As engines need to be “trained”, some languages are more successful than others, and will therefore require less post-editing at this stage.

We would advise that a translation review is initially carried out on a sample of your content in order to assess the overall quality, and allow us to build the most suitable solution to meet your machine translation requirements.

Please note that the outcome of the translation review may establish that it would be better, and more cost effective, to re-translate or review your content completely from scratch based on the original source.

How it works

The process begins by completing a briefing questionnaire to clarify your objectives. This briefing will be visible to all the team members involved with delivering the service and is the foundation for all our quality checks.

We will ask you to provide your machine-translated content in an editable format which we can easily post-edit, if it was not performed by ourselves.

We will put a lot of preparation into setting up our relationship and make sure that we have a clear localised style guide and glossary before we begin. We will also provide sample translations from some of our most suited translators to allow you to choose exactly who will work on your content moving forward. We require the content for translation to be provided prior to the start of the project. This will allow us to submit an accurate costing based upon the word count and will aid in the selection of an appropriate translator. Ideally, if you have any previously-translated content, we would also request that you send it to us to use as reference material.

A Project Manager will be assigned to your project and they will arrange and monitor the machine translation post-editing process.

Webcertain Group is passionate about generating business growth for its clients in any part of the world.

A team of native speakers of all the world’s major languages works together to achieve client objectives - no one understands working with different cultures and the nuances of language in the globe’s search engines better than the Webcertain multilingual teams. Webcertain can deliver translation in over 140 languages.

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