Machine Translation Quality and Production Process Evaluation.

Machine translations of Russian scientific-technical literature and the production systemstechniques are analyzed and assessed. In connection with these purposes, the nature and outcome of efforts in several key translation evaluation and production problem areas are described. These efforts include An experimental comparison of machine and human translations comprehensibility Development and pilot test of a set of scales for assessing translation quality Development of a procedure for partitioning and classifying textural content as an aid to quality assessment Analyses of translation production flow, as well as the requirements for translation quality control and use-directed partial translations. Author