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translation
vr.tr.translation · thing-q7553
Let an agent handle translation by language pair, type, quality, certification and tools, and support accurate, culturally aware translation.
Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.ACT
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Task What to translate.
Pair
Languages.
Pair
Language pair.
- Which source and target languages and varieties are needed? definition
- Who is the audience? definition
Method
Human or machine.
Method
Method.
- Is human, machine or post-edited translation appropriate here? action
- What are the risks of each? boundary
Official Certification.
Certified
Sworn translation.
Certified
Certified translation.
- Does the receiving authority require a certified or sworn translation? provenance
- How can a qualified translator be found? action
High risk
Legal and medical.
High risk
High-risk documents.
- Is this a legal or medical text where errors could cause harm? boundary
- Should a professional review it? action
Quality Checking.
Review
Revision.
Review
Quality review.
- How can the translation be reviewed for accuracy? action
- Which standard applies? provenance
Terminology
Consistency.
Terminology
Terminology.
- Which glossary or term base should be used? provenance
- Are terms consistent? boundary
Culture Localisation.
Localise
Adaptation.
Localise
Localisation.
- Which cultural adaptations are needed? action
- Are idioms and units adapted? boundary
Interpreting
Spoken.
Interpreting
Interpreting.
- Is spoken interpreting needed instead, and which mode? boundary
- How can a qualified interpreter be booked? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.ACT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- translation by target language, translation by source language, translation into French, translation into German, translation into Polish, translation into Russian, translation into Slovak, translation into Serbian, translation into Swedish, translation into Czech, translation into Slovene, translation into Slavic languages
What it is Filled
The communication of the meaning of a text from a source language into a target language, by human translators, machine translation or both; related to interpreting of speech, localisation and certified or sworn translation for official use.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle translation by language pair, type, quality, certification and tools, and support accurate, culturally aware translation.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Transfers meaning across languages
- Human and machine methods
- Quality varies
- Official uses need certification
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Present a machine translation as a certified or human translation.
- Distort meaning to favour one party in legal, medical or asylum matters.
- Translate and publish copyrighted works without the rights holder's permission.
- Drop or soften content without telling the reader.
Only with a human decision
- Using a translation in court, medical consent or immigration proceedings.
- Certifying a translation.
May
- Translate texts the user has the right to use, noting uncertainties.
- Flag when a translation needs a certified or specialist translator.
Moral aspects Filled
- Mistranslation in health, law or asylum can cause serious harm.
- Translators deserve credit and fair payment for their work.
Who is affected
- People relying on the translation
- Authors and translators
- Speakers of minority languages
Owners Filled
Steward
The translator or commissioning party, subject to the rights of the original author.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1066689 - registry parent class
- Q65757353 - registry parent class
related
- human communication and transformation - category
- translator - professional
- interpreting - spoken counterpart
- machine translation - tool
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.translation
- Wikidata: Q7553 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7553)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Source and target languages
- Certified translation stamps
- Interpreting is spoken rather than written
- Texts in two or more languages; translation tools and memories.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- choose human, machine or post-edited translation
- find certified or sworn translators
- check translation quality
- localise content culturally
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Mistranslation in legal or medical documents
- Unreviewed machine translation
- Cultural insensitivity
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- ISO 17100 translation services
- ISO 18587 post-editing of machine translation
- Rules for sworn translators
Context of use required Filled
- Communication across languages.
- literary translation
- technical and legal translation
- certified and sworn translation
- machine translation
- localisation
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q7553: translation - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Translation - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should translation types be separate entries?
- How should translator registers be linked?
- How should language pairs be modelled?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q7553/spec.json