Open AccessThe FEMTI guidelines for contextual MT evaluation: principles and resources
Author(s) -
Paula Estrella,
Andréi Popescu-Belis,
Maghi King
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
linguistica antverpiensia new series - themes in translation studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2295-5739
DOI - 10.52034/lanstts.v8i.244
Subject(s) - computer science , task (project management) , context (archaeology) , selection (genetic algorithm) , software , quality (philosophy) , machine translation , software engineering , evaluation methods , artificial intelligence , reliability engineering , systems engineering , engineering , programming language , paleontology , philosophy , epistemology , biology
A large number of evaluation metrics exist for machine translation (MT) systems, but depending on the intended context of use of such a system, not all metrics are equally relevant. Based on the ISO/IEC 9126 and 14598 standards for software evaluation, the Framework for the Evaluation of Machine Translation in ISLE (FEMTI) provides guidelines for the selection of quality characteristics to be evaluated depending on the expected task, users, and input characteristics of an MT system. This approach to contextual evaluation was implemented as a web-based application which helps its users design evaluation plans. In addition, FEMTI offers experts in evaluation the possibility to enter and share their knowledge using a dedicated web-based tool, tested in several evaluation exercises.