Building an MTPE Workflow in Your LSP from Scratch: A Step-by-Step Guide
A practical step-by-step guide to launching MTPE at your LSP - engine selection, TMS integration, post-editor roster, quality levels, pilot project, and pricing models.
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How to Run a Human Evaluation of MT Output the Right Way
A practical guide for translation agency PMs and quality engineers: rater selection, MQM vs Direct Assessment, sample size, inter-annotator agreement, and the mistakes that make your eval meaningless.
Insurance Document Translation: Policy, Claim, and No-Claims Bonus Across Countries
What insurance documents you need to translate when moving abroad: no-claims bonus certificate, policy, medical bills for reimbursement. Country requirements, prices, common mistakes.
Light vs Full Post-Editing: How to Decide for Every Project
Practical framework for choosing between LAPE and FAPE per ISO 18587 - with real rates, words-per-hour benchmarks, a project-type decision matrix, and how to handle misclassified briefs.
Machine Translation Post-Editing (MTPE): What It Actually Means
MTPE means a human editor corrects a machine-translated draft. Learn what post-editing actually involves, light vs full PE, ISO 18587, realistic rates, and which content types work best.
MT Quality Metrics: Edit Distance vs BLEU vs Human Evaluation
BLEU, edit distance, TER, MQM - what each metric actually measures, where each fails, and which to use for your MT or MTPE workflow.
How Much to Discount MTPE from Human Translation Rates
No standard discount exists for MTPE - industry practice ranges from 10% to 80% off human rates. Here's the math, the models, and how to negotiate a rate you can actually live with.
MTPE Pricing Models: Per-Word vs Hourly vs Effort-Based Compared
Head-to-head comparison of three MTPE pricing models - per-word, hourly, and effort-based - with real 2026 rates, pros and cons for both agencies and translators, and a decision framework.
How to Set MTPE Rates: Pricing Models Agencies Actually Use
Three MTPE pricing models agencies use in 2026 - per-word, hourly, effort-based - with real rates, margin formulas, and post-editor pay benchmarks.
MTPE vs Human Translation: When to Choose Each for an Agency
Agency decision guide: when MTPE cuts costs and speeds delivery vs when human translation is the only right call. Real rates, productivity benchmarks, and a content matrix.
Post-Editing Productivity: Realistic Words-Per-Hour Benchmarks
Realistic words-per-hour benchmarks for MTPE: light PE hits ~1,000 words/hr, full PE ~700 words/hr - but language pair and MT quality can cut that in half or double it.
When AI Machine Translation Is Good Enough to Skip Human Translation
A practical decision framework for when raw AI translation works, when MTPE is enough, and when human-only is the only safe call - with real content-type benchmarks and cost data.