Document routing / sorting

Definition

The purpose of document routing / sorting is to scan incoming translated documents quickly in order to send them to the appropriate points for further processing or storage.

Relevant qualities - from part 2

From a general point of view, relevant qualities for this task are: (2.2.1/601) Functionality, (2.2.2/600) Reliability, (2.2.3/603) Usability, (2.2.4/606) Efficiency.

The most important detailed features for this type of work are:

Terminology precision (2.2.1.2.3/175) - how precisely does the system translate subject-matter terminology; can it differentiate between words that translate differently in slightly different domains.

Extensibility: changeability or ease of upgrading (2.2.5.2/213), in particular dictionary update (2.2.5.2.3/-) and improveability (2.2.5.2.2/215) - can the user dynamically add new words or phrases to the lexicon; how much effort is involved.

Adaptability (2.2.6.1/221) - can the system be tuned to recognize some types of material (based on domain or genre) and handle them differently (say, more quickly).

Stakeholders

End Users of sorting/routing application. Consumers of routed information. Authors creating documents from MT products for routing.

References

Hovy 1999