Languages

Definition

"The range of languages which the product supports is a vital selection criterion. In machine translation systems, the languages are classified according to source and target language pairs, due to the need for full linguistic processing capability. In translator workbench products, the languages are not necessarily classified by strict language pairs as these products are interactive and therefore require only partial linguistic information. Terminology products have little or no linguistic ability and therefore the information only relates to the character sets which the product supports." (OVUM report)

Metrics

Metric: Number of language pairs supported -- Method: (a) Count developer reported language pairs -- Measurement: (a) Number of language pairs reported

Method: (b) Run test document in each language reported through system. -- Measurement: (b) Number of successful runs.

Metric: Particular language pairs supported -- Method: (a) List developer reported language pairs -- Measurement: (a) List of language pairs reported

Method: (b) Run test document in each language reported through system. -- Measurement: (b) Number of successful language pairs ran.

Metric: Ease of adding new language pairs -- Method: (a) Study of documentation and developer interview -- Measurement: (a) Yes or no: New language pairs can be added?

Method: (b) Add new language pair -- Measurement: (b) Yes or no: New language pair successfully added.

NOTE: New language pairs could be creating using source / target of different language pairs while not adding an entirely new language to the mix. For instance, a system with French-English and English-German may be able to add French-German as a language pair.

Metric: Ease of adding new language pairs -- Method: Add new language pair -- Measurement: This ties to the measurements in section 2.2.5.

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