HumanitiesComputer ScienceTranslation StudiesCorpus-based Translation StudiesNatural Language ProcessingTranslation TheoryMachine TranslationPatent TranslationTranslation CorporaTranslation TechnologyComputer-assisted Patent TranslationMachine Translation For PatentsPatent Translation WorkflowTile ProductionTranslation AutomationTranslation MethodologyTranslation Quality EstimationTranslation Quality Metrics
This paper describes Pa~lh'ans -a fully automatic production MT system designed for producing raw translations of patent texts fl'om English into Danish. First we describe the backbone of tile system: the EUROTRA research project, and prototype. Then we give an overview of the trauslat, ion process and the basic flmetionality of Pa'I~'ans, and finally we describe some recent extensions for improving processing efficiency and the translation quality of unexl)ected input encountered in real-lit~ texts.