machine translation, machine translation post-editing, mobile
devices, Kanjingo, mobile app, translation
Kanjingo is a post-editing application for iOS devices developed at
the ADAPT Centre (formerly CNGL) at Dublin City University (DCU). The
first stage of user testing was conducted in 2014 (reported in O’Brien,
Moorkens & Vreeke, 2014), and improvements were made based on the initial
feedback. This abstract describes further exploratory testing based on the
second iteration of the Kanjingo application. The new tests were designed
with several aims: (1) testing Kanjingo for post-editing using the phone’s
keyboard (2) testing Kanjingo for post-editing with voice input; (3) testing
Kanjingo for revision of post-edited texts; (4) testing Kanjingo general
usability; and (5) testing Kanjingo interface design. This paper presents the
results of the various tests, issues identified, and ideas for improvements. For
example, the use of Kanjingo for post-editing with voice input, one of the
most innovative forms of interaction with MT in the test, worked much better
than participants expected, and this mode of input was preferred for
translating from scratch when MT quality was very poor, whereas post-editing
short words or phrases was found to be faster with the iPhone keyboard. In
addition, we present some reflections on the strengths and weaknesses of the
testing methods employed.