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    <abstract>ENGSPAN, a machine translation program (English-Spanish), has been used by the Translation Services unit of the Pan American Health Organization since 1985. In 1999, a total of 2,106,178 words were translated in that language combination, 86% of which were done with the help of ENGSPAN; the cost per word was 8.75 cents, that is, 31% below the normal rate. These positive results are explained by a combination of factors: the use of an MT program especially designed to meet the needs of the institution; the close collaboration of translators and computational linguists in the improvement of the program; the application of a pragmatic, flexible, and selective approach with regard to the quality of the end product; and in particular the support of competent translators who do the postediting work.</abstract>
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%T The Use of ENGSPAN at the Pan American Health Organization: A Reviser’s Perspective
%A Silva, Gustavo
%Y White, John S.
%S Proceedings of the Workshop on Machine translation in practice: from old guard to new guard
%D 2000
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%X ENGSPAN, a machine translation program (English-Spanish), has been used by the Translation Services unit of the Pan American Health Organization since 1985. In 1999, a total of 2,106,178 words were translated in that language combination, 86% of which were done with the help of ENGSPAN; the cost per word was 8.75 cents, that is, 31% below the normal rate. These positive results are explained by a combination of factors: the use of an MT program especially designed to meet the needs of the institution; the close collaboration of translators and computational linguists in the improvement of the program; the application of a pragmatic, flexible, and selective approach with regard to the quality of the end product; and in particular the support of competent translators who do the postediting work.
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Markdown (Informal)

[The Use of ENGSPAN at the Pan American Health Organization: A Reviser’s Perspective](https://aclanthology.org/2000.amta-workshop.4) (Silva, AMTA 2000)

• The Use of ENGSPAN at the Pan American Health Organization: A Reviser’s Perspective (Silva, AMTA 2000)

ACL

• Gustavo Silva. 2000. The Use of ENGSPAN at the Pan American Health Organization: A Reviser’s Perspective. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Machine translation in practice: from old guard to new guard, Cuernavaca, Mexico. Springer.