Machine Translation: interests poll
What are your interests in machine translation applications?
End-to-end text-based machine translation
9(16.7%)
End-to-end speech-based machine translation
3(5.6%)
Multilingual closed captioning
4(7.4%)
Conversational agents
3(5.6%)
Instant messaging (IM) translation
5(9.3%)
Translation of weblogs and social networks
4(7.4%)
Transcription of recordings (courtroom, phone, wiretap, etc.)
2(3.7%)
Gisting and summarization of foreign language documents
3(5.6%)
Whole-text paraphrasing
6(11.1%)
Translation of creative writing (including lyrics and poetry)
1(1.9%)
Translation of scientific documents
4(7.4%)
International trade, relations, and law
3(5.6%)
Language curation and endangered language preservation
3(5.6%)
Constructed languages (conlangs) and interlingua (Esperanto, Lojban, etc.)
2(3.7%)
Other / general interest (please elaborate below)
2(3.7%)
If you answered "other" for Question 1, please elaborate.
What are your interests in machine translation methodologies?
General interest
5(15.6%)
Statistical, phrase-based MT
2(6.2%)
Statistical, other
2(6.2%)
Example-based MT
2(6.2%)
Semantics (latent semantic analysis, formal languages, type and category theory, etc.)
6(18.8%)
Information theory and computational learning theory
1(3.1%)
Other artificial intelligence (case-based reasoning, analogy, etc.)
2(6.2%)
Classical lexical analysis and parsing
0(0.0%)
Other natural language processing (NLP) - please elaborate below
0(0.0%)
Theoretical linguistics, ethnolinguistics, and linguistic anthropology
3(9.4%)
Applied linguistics
2(6.2%)
Physiology (neuroscience, vocal tracts, etc.)
1(3.1%)
Cognitive science (cognitive linguistics, neuropsychology, etc.)
3(9.4%)
Interlingua (Esperanto, Lojban, etc.)
1(3.1%)
Other - please elaborate below
2(6.2%)
If you answered "other NLP" or "other" for Question 3, please elaborate.
What is your primary background?
Computer science
3(27.3%)
Linguistics
5(45.5%)
Cognitive science
0(0.0%)
Interpreting, translating, or language teaching
0(0.0%)
Mathematics
0(0.0%)
Anthropology or cultural studies
0(0.0%)
International studies
0(0.0%)
Law
0(0.0%)
Business
0(0.0%)
Medicine
0(0.0%)
Engineering
1(9.1%)
Other science
0(0.0%)
Other humanities
2(18.2%)
Other (please specify)
0(0.0%)
If you answered "other" for Question 5, please elaborate.
What is your current highest education level?
Secondary school student
0(0.0%)
High school
0(0.0%)
Undergraduate
5(45.5%)
Master's
5(45.5%)
Ph.D.
1(9.1%)
What is your occupation? (Please comment to discuss.)
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