<h2>Industry-Leading Post-Editor Network</h2>
Post-editing is the process of correcting machine translation output so that it meets human quality criteria. As an early adopter of machine translation, Lexcelera has extensive experience in post-editing machine translations and boasts one of the industry's largest networks of trained post-editors. Lexcelera offers post-editing in a wide range of languages such as French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Arabic and Russian.

Depending on the quality needed, post-editing may be <strong>light</strong> or <strong>full</strong>. However, not all MT output requires a post-edit. With proper training and full customization, some MT engines are capable of delivering understandable quality for functional content without any post-editing whatsoever. "Raw" MT output may be appropriate for frequently updated content such as customer support knowledge bases, user-generated content (UGC) and legal eDiscovery.
<h3>Full Post-Editing Characteristics</h3>
Full post-editing ensures that the document reads like a human translation, and cannot be identified as a machine translation.

[dt_list style="1" bullet_position="middle" dividers="true"][dt_list_item image=""]Quality is 'publication quality', equal to that of a traditional translation[/dt_list_item][dt_list_item image=""]

The goal is a message that is accurate and complete and indistinguishable from a fully human translation[/dt_list_item][dt_list_item image=""]

The editing effort is aimed at accuracy, consistency and style[/dt_list_item][/dt_list]
<blockquote>Full post-editing can actually provide <strong>higher </strong>quality than a traditional process because:
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 	<li>A well-trained rules-based engine will ensure complete terminological consistency,</li>
 	<li>Post-editors have been shown to pay closer attention when correcting MT-generated text than when correcting TM (<a href="/?page_id=3790">translation memory</a>) matches.</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
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<h3>Light Post-Editing Characteristics</h3>
Light post-editing aims at making information understandable, if not perfectly fluent.

[dt_list style="1" bullet_position="middle" dividers="true"][dt_list_item image=""]Quality is 'understandable'[/dt_list_item][dt_list_item image=""]

Corrections are made only when necessary for comprehension; subjective changes are avoided[/dt_list_item][dt_list_item image=""]

The goal is a message that is accurate and complete[/dt_list_item][dt_list_item image=""]

The text may contain stylistic errors and awkward sentences[/dt_list_item][dt_list_item image=""]

The information must be able to be understood without consulting the original text[/dt_list_item][/dt_list]

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