ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 18587 First edition 2017-04 Translation services - Post-editing of machine translation output Requirements Services de traduction - Post-édition d'un texte résultant d'une traduction automatique Exigences Reference numbér ISO 18587:2017(E) International Organization for Standardization @ IS0 2017 =ZHEJIANG INST OF STANDARDIZATION C1 5956617 vided by IHS underI Not for Resale, 2017/6/28 01:04:00 ted without license from IHS IS0 18587:2017(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT IS02017,PublishedinSwitzerland All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISOcopyrightoffice Ch. de Blandonnet 8 . CP 401 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland Tel. +41 22 749 01 11 Fax +41 22 749 09 47 [email protected] www.iso.org Intenationaibr PrganizationforStandardization icensee-ZHEJIANG INST OF STANDARDIZRoISQ s1.7 - All rights reserved Not for Resale, 2017/6/28 01:04:00 etworking permitted without license from IHS IS0 18587:2017(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. ..V 1 Scope. ..1 2 Normative References 3 Terms and definitions ..1 3.1 Concepts related to machine translation. .1 3.2 Concepts related to language and content 3.3 Concepts related to people or organizations .3 3.4 Conceptsrelatedtotranslation 4 4 Post-editing process .5 4.1 General 5 4.2 Pre-production processes. .5 4.3 Production processes .6 4.3.1 Objectives in the post-editing process .6 4.3.2 Requirements of post-editing MT output 6 4.3.3 Post-editor'stasks .7 4.4 Post-production processes .7 4.4.1 Final verification and delivery .7 4.4.2 Feedback 7 5 Competences and qualifications of post-editors .7 5.1 Competences 7 5.2 Qualifications ..8 5.3 Professionalism ..8 6 Requirements of full post-editing ..8 Annex A (informative) Post-editor training .9 Annex B (informative) Light post-editing .10 Annex C (informative) Pre-editing ..11 Annex D (informative) Client-TsP agreements and project specifications ..12 Annex E (informative) Automatic post-editing ..14 Bibliography .15 iii e=ZHEJIANG INSTOFSTANDARDIZATION C15956617 vithoutlicense from IHS Not for Resale, 2017/6/28 01:04:00