Pragmatics-based translation and MT evaluation

David Farwell, Stephen Helmreich


Abstract
In this paper the authors wish to present a view of translation equivalence related to a pragmatics-based approach to machine translation. We will argue that current evaluation methods which assume that there is a predictable correspondence between language forms cannot adequately account for this view. We will then describe a method for objectively determining the relative equivalence of two texts. However, given the need for both an open world assumption and non-monotonic inferencing, such a method cannot be realistically implemented and therefore certain "classic" evaluation strategies will continue to be preferable as practical methods of evaluation.
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2003.mtsummit-eval.3
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Workshop on Systemizing MT Evaluation
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September 23-27
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2003
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New Orleans, USA
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David Farwell and Stephen Helmreich. 2003. Pragmatics-based translation and MT evaluation. In Workshop on Systemizing MT Evaluation, New Orleans, USA.
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