What is post-editing exactly?

Alan Wang wrote:

I understand it as post-editing machine translated texts.

Is there something wrong with this?

Alan Wang wrote:

我昨天见到某个offer，招有经验的post editor，开始还以为是涉及什么新技术的新工种呢。看完之后，觉得可能任务就是修改机器翻译。想来不禁哑然失笑。居然正巴正经地强调要有这方面经验的人才。这些看似天真的老外难道不知道翻译市场接近下限的低价，早就和使用机器辅助有关联吗？大家都心照不宣而已。如果像几十年前，拿纸笔和词典做翻译，我们需要的大概是目前价格的3到5倍才有西北风喝。

They need to know they are getting post-editing rates already!

wherestip wrote:
True. But why even bother with plugging it into some MT software in the first place? IMO, it's a total waste of time.

猫被狗追得上窜下跳，毛都快给吹光了
Google results: Cat is a dog chasing jumping up and down, hair almost to blow light

Alan Wang wrote:

Here, you get "jumping up and down" which is quite a fit for 上窜下跳。

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/jumping%20up%20and%20down


http://www.wordnik.com/words/jumping%20up%20and%20down



http://www.learnersdictionary.com/search/JUMP




http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/jump_1

nigerose wrote:

猫被狗追得上窜下跳，毛都快给吹光了

不符合客观事实的句子也是病句。狗不可能去吹，就算十二级台风（的空气速度），也不能把猫毛吹掉！

wherestip wrote:



Maybe so. But if you followed the other thread, the original author meant the cat got buffeted by the wind, and lost most of its hair. No one is implying that a cat's hair could be blown off by a dog. Isn't that just common sense?


[Edited at 2013-03-21 01:09 GMT]

nigerose wrote:



Sorry, I should have posted it in that thread.
But it is true that "不符合客观事实的句子也是病句"。

Why Do Dogs Chase Cats?
There are a number of reasons why dogs chase cats. In some cases, it does have to do with a larger dog exercising his predatory instinct. Larger and more aggressive breeds are wired to capture prey, and the size and the agility of cats makes it a fun hunt for certain types of dogs.

Even if a dog is of a size and breed that makes him prone to viewing cats as food rather than friends, he will very rarely pounce on a cat living in his home as part of the family, once the two have been properly introduced. However, frustrated pet parents may notice that stray cats or those living in neighboring houses seem to be fair game for their pooch.

A Fun Game?
More frequently, dogs are simply curious about cats and the desire to chase comes from a spirit of fun, rather than wishing to harm the cat. However, cats are very self-protective and often cannot distinguish between a dog that is on the attack, and a dog that wants to play a game of tag. Fighting between cats and dogs can often become vicious, even when the conflict starts out as playfulness, and both can sustain serious injuries. In addition, dogs and cats have a tendency to chase one another out into the middle of the street, where both may be hit by a motorist unaware of the scuffle. It doesn’t take much for a fun game to take a tragic twist.

wherestip wrote:
But my main point is that Google Translator is still unreliable for the Chinese, English pair, even for very simple sentences.