Study on the Impact Factors of the Translators’ Post-editing Efficiency in a Collaborative Translation Environment

This paper investigates the factors that influence the translators’ post-editing efficiency in a collaborative translation environment. We developed GE-CCT, a platform that enables hundreds of translators to be organized to complete one large-scale translation task together. On the basis of the platform, this paper made thorough analysis on the post-editing logs of 325 translators within 8 weeks. Results show that some exterior environmental factors and interior personal factors obviously affect the translators’ post-editing speed and quality. Accordingly, we proposed solutions that improved the collaborative translation efficiency.

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