NMT Customization Pilot Project

This month-long pilot project aimed to train Microsoft Translators' NMT engine and to develop a Neural Machine Translation model to translate the editorial and media press releases of MOSTRA in 2021 from English to Brazilian Portuguese.

The project validated the MT engine for the above-mentioned purpose.

My team and I prepared a Statement of Work for our client with the following details: Objectives, including goals related to quality, efficiency, and costs; Project timeline; Processes and Workflows; Details Costs Table; Deliverables.

By the end of the month, we were able to give a clear, data-backed up solution to our client on whether it's worth investing in the training or hire human translators instead of the machine and we also created a Lesson Learned Video Presentation about the process.

Scroll down to see the proposed timeline of the project, download the sample files, and/or watch the video presentation.

PROJECT TIMELINE

March 1 - March 28

March 1st

KICKOFF MEETING

The official start date of the project; Kickoff Meeting with the client; Proposal presentation and QA.

by March 5th

PREPARATION PHASE

Preparation of the project including data mining, data cleaning, data alignment, setting up the workspace, etc.

by March 19th

NMT TRAINING

10 MT training runs, 1 training/day.

by March 28th

ANALYSIS

MT output analysis, Post Editing, QA.

March 28th

DELIVERY

Delivery of completed items, findings, conclusion, and updated proposal.

You can see and download all the project files here:

NMT Pilot Project Downloadable Files

Statement of Work Initial Proposal
Statement of Work Updated Proposal
Lessons Learned Video Slides Presentation

Lessons Learned Video Presentation

At the end of the project, we created a video presentation to show the different elements and workflows of our month-long customization project and also to describe the challenges we faced and how we overcame them. Watch the video on this link:

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