Multilingual Communication Support Using the Language Grid

Inaba, Rieko; Murakami, Yohei; Nadamoto, Akiyo; Ishida, Toru

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-74000-1_9

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“…This means advances in methods and algorithms are not always available to individuals relying on free Internet based tools. Consequently there are issues with the quality of MT which may require a level of post-editing to correct the raw output so that it is fit for purpose (Inaba et al 2007). …”

Section: Online Writing Toolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Using Internet based paraphrasing tools: Original work, patchwriting or facilitated plagiarism?

2017

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A casual comment by a student alerted the authors to the existence and prevalence of Internet-based paraphrasing tools. A subsequent quick Google search highlighted the broad range and availability of online paraphrasing tools which offer free 'services' to paraphrase large sections of text ranging from sentences, paragraphs, whole articles, book chapters or previously written assignments. The ease of access to online paraphrasing tools provides the potential for students to submit work they have not directly written themselves, or in the case of academics and other authors, to rewrite previously published materials to sidestep self-plagiarism. Students placing trust in online paraphrasing tools as an easy way of complying with the requirement for originality in submissions are at risk in terms of the quality of the output generated and possibly of not achieving the learning outcomes as they may not fully understand the information they have compiled. There are further risks relating to the legitimacy of the outputs in terms of academic integrity and plagiarism. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the existence, development, use and detection of use of Internet based paraphrasing tools. To demonstrate the dangers in using paraphrasing tools an experiment was conducted using some easily accessible Internet-based paraphrasing tools to process part of an existing publication. Two sites are compared to demonstrate the types of differences that exist in the quality of the output from certain paraphrasing algorithms, and the present poor performance of online originality checking services such as Turnitin® to identify and link material processed via machine based paraphrasing tools. The implications for student skills in paraphrasing, academic integrity and the clues to assist staff in identifying the use of online paraphrasing tools are discussed.

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Section: Online Writing Toolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Using Internet based paraphrasing tools: Original work, patchwriting or facilitated plagiarism?

2017

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“…It enables better understanding of online content written in different languages by people from different countries. Inaba et al tested the usability of thier multilingual communication systems using the Language Grid [5]. They found the root cause of the translation errors and suggested that the use of community dictionaries could possibly improve the translation results.…”

Section: A Multilingual Communication Supportmentioning

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Development of Community Space for Multilingual Informal Communication Support Using Augmented Reality and Second Life

Yoshino

Ikenobu

2011

2011 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications

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Language differences pose significant barriers to multilingual communication. To understand others' conversation, a person should be conversant with the language in which the conversation is being carried out. It is difficult for an individual to join a conversation that is in a language unknown to him/her. Therefore, we have developed two conversation components visualization systems: an augmented-reality-based (AR) system and a Second-Life-based (SL) system. These systems enable an individual to join the conversation. We use the following three conversation-related components: nouns, images, and emoticons. From the results of our experiments, we found that the voice and the body movements of interlocutors can influence a person's understanding of a conversation that is in a language unknown to him/her. We found that the system using the AR-based system is better at helping a person to understand a conversation than the SL-based system.

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“…On a scale of "very good," "good," "not bad," and "bad," translations from Japanese to Chinese, Japanese to Korean, and Korean to Japanese were reported as "good," and Chinese to Japanese translations were labeled "not bad" in one study (Ogura, et al, 2004). Other accuracy results were merely anecdotal, e.g., "although there were many mistakes in the grammar of the translated French, it was still possible to catch the meaning from the context of what was being said" (Inaba, et al, 2007) and "although most of the students were satisfied with the software, some students wanted more accuracy and user friendliness" (Sakai, et al, 2008).…”

Section: Multilingual Meeting Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrating Machine Translation with Group Support Systems

Aiken¹,

Park²,

Lindblom³

2010

IJBM

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In the largest face-to-face, multilingual, electronic meeting to date, 40 students exchanged sentences in 40 different languages using a new group support system called Polyglot that provides automatic translations with Google Translate. Approximately 83% of the text was understood when translated to English, as well as 90% of the comments in six meetings using German, Spanish, French, and Italian. Finally, a ranking of accuracies using sentences from 40 languages translated to English reveals that speakers from many Western European countries can probably understand each other in multilingual meetings using the group support system.

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Multilingual Communication Support Using the Language Grid

Cited by 17 publications

References 8 publications

Using Internet based paraphrasing tools: Original work, patchwriting or facilitated plagiarism?

Using Internet based paraphrasing tools: Original work, patchwriting or facilitated plagiarism?

Development of Community Space for Multilingual Informal Communication Support Using Augmented Reality and Second Life

Integrating Machine Translation with Group Support Systems

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