Machine Translation of Public Health Materials From English to Chinese: A Feasibility Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chinese is the second most common language spoken by limited English proficiency individuals in the United States, yet there are few public health materials available in Chinese. Previous studies have indicated that use of machine translation plus postediting by bilingual translators generated quality translations in a lower time and at a lower cost than human translations.

Objective

The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility of using machine translation (MT) tools (eg, Google Translate) followed by human postediting (PE) to produce quality Chinese translations of public health materials.

Methods

From state and national public health websites, we collected 60 health promotion documents that had been translated from English to Chinese throu

SUBMITTER: Turner AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4869219 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature