Title :
Automatic language translation for user interfaces
Author :
Pérez-Quiñones, Manuel A. ; Padilla-Falto, Olga I. ; McDevitt, Kathleen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Virginia Tech, USA
Abstract :
Translations of user interfaces are an essential part of software development for the World Wide Web. Web pages are translated in three ways: by the developer as part of the normal life cycle, by the community that has a vested interest in the domain, and by machine translation. In this paper, we present an informal evaluation of the quality produced by these three approaches. We discuss the naive notion that language translations can be evaluated by doing to successive translations and evaluating the end result. The rubric used to evaluate the translations is presented.
Keywords :
language translation; natural language interfaces; World Wide Web; informal evaluation; international interfaces; language translation; machine translation; software development; user interface; Cellular phones; Computer science; Cultural differences; Internet; Natural languages; Programming; Usability; User interfaces; Web pages; Web sites; Design; Human Factors; International Interfaces; Internationalization; Localization; Management; Standardization; Translation; User Interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Diversity in Computing Conference, 2005 Richard Tapia Celebration of
Print_ISBN :
1-59593-257-7
DOI :
10.1109/RTCDC.2005.201648
