Effect of machine translation in interlingual conversation: Lessons from a formative study

• Main Authors: Kotaro HARA, IQBAL, Shamsi T.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: Multilingual communication; Spoken language translation; Automatic speech recognition; Machine translation; Software Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/4014; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/5016/viewcontent/Hara_EffectOfMachineTranslationInInterlingualConversationLessonsFromAFormativeStudy_CHI2015.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Language barrier is the primary challenge for effectivecross-lingual conversations. Spoken language translation(SLT) is perceived as a cost-effective alternative to lessaffordable human interpreters, but little research has beendone on how people interact with such technology. Using aprototype trans...