Opportunities for global software development are limited in those countries with a lack of English-speaking professionals. Machine translation technology is today available in the form of cross-language web services and can be embedded into multiuser and multilingual chats without disrupting the conversation flow. However, we still lack a thorough understanding of how real-time machine translation may affect communication in global software teams. In this paper, we present a program of research related to real-time machine translation where we aim at investigating how MT technology could be used by software development teams located in countries where professionals are not proficient in one common language. We present the studies executed so far, including text-based and voice-based machine translation, as well as the next steps planned for this research.
Real-Time Machine Translation for Software Development Teams
CALEFATO, FABIO;LANUBILE, Filippo
2013-01-01
Abstract
Opportunities for global software development are limited in those countries with a lack of English-speaking professionals. Machine translation technology is today available in the form of cross-language web services and can be embedded into multiuser and multilingual chats without disrupting the conversation flow. However, we still lack a thorough understanding of how real-time machine translation may affect communication in global software teams. In this paper, we present a program of research related to real-time machine translation where we aim at investigating how MT technology could be used by software development teams located in countries where professionals are not proficient in one common language. We present the studies executed so far, including text-based and voice-based machine translation, as well as the next steps planned for this research.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
