Custom Machine Translation Manager (Custom Glossary Model List)

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    What is custom glossary setting/custom glossary model?

    The process of wrapping the standard model of MT learning service or the custom trained model registered in this system using a glossary to automatically output the translation defined in the glossary is called “Custom glossary setting” in this system (sometimes called "Glossary wrapping"). As the result of custom glossary setting, a custom glossary model is created. Once the custom glossary setting has been completed, the models set with glossaries can be used in Quick MT/PE of this system.

     

    Service
    Usage Custom Glossary Model
    Quick MT Select in custom machine translation model list X
    Quick PE Select in custom machine translation model list X
    The creation of custom glossary models requires no Customization Credit (CC) at all. However, the custom glossary models are subject to the limits set by your organization's maximum number of models you can own. If the number of registered custom glossary models already reached the limit, a message will be displayed to inform you of this.
    Language assets and custom MT models data registered during your LAC main contract period will be permanently deleted after a certain period of time after the contract period terminates. We recommend that you export your language assets data before the termination of your contract period. In addition, language assets and custom MT models data registered during your LAC trial period will be deleted immediately after the trial period terminates. Please note that data cannot be taken over in order to use in the LAC main contract period.

    Information in Custom Glossary Model List screen

    On this screen, a list of custom glossary models registered in the organization is displayed. You can also search for a custom glossary model by specifying conditions. To add a new custom glossary model, click on "+ Register" button at the top of the screen.

    • Search conditions area
      • Machine Translation Learning Service: Specifies the service used for custom glossary setting of the model. The following three types of MT learning services can be used in this system.
        • Google AutoML
        • Kawamura NMT
        • Amazon Translate
      • Status: See the section below for changes in the status of the custom glossary models. In Quick MT/PE and LAC, only models with a status of “Custom Glossary Setting Completed” are available.
      • Model Status: Only models with "Enabled" status are available in Quick MT/PE.
    • List of custom glossary models
      • Custom Glossary Model Name: Click to go to Custom glossary model details screen.
      • MT Learning Service
      • Custom Trained Model Name: If you have set a glossary against a custom trained model, the name of it is displayed. If a standard model was used, this field is blank.
      • Enabled: "○" is displayed when the model is enabled.
      • Start Date/Time, End Date/Time: Start and end date/time of the custom glossary setting.
      • Status
      • Evaluation Value: If you have already performed a model evaluation for the custom glossary model, the BLEU value is displayed out of the four quality indicators. This field is blank if the model evaluation has not been performed. There will be two evaluation values displayed when a standard model is used for the glossary setting, and will be three values when a custom trained model is used.
      • Comment: Displays the comments entered in Custom glossary model details screen.
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    The MT learning services to be used with this system can be selected for each organization. When you use them for the first time, you need to apply for each of them from Service Settings in the navigation menu. Please read the Terms of Service for each MT learning service displayed at that time. In this screen, you cannot register any custom glossary models for MT learning services whose application has not been completed (usage has been suspended).

    Status of a custom glossary model

    The status of a custom glossary model can be one of the following 10 types.

    Category
    Status Explanation/Required Processing Google AutoML Kawamura NMT Amazon Translate
    Normal Awaiting processing (1/5) The process has not started yet. X X X
    Starting Custom Glossary Setting (2/5) Start to set a custom glossary. X X X
    Custom Glossary Setting Started (3/5) Custom glossary setting has started.   X  
    Custom Glossary Setting Processing (4/5) Custom glossary setting on the specified MT learning service is in progress.   X  
    Custom Glossary Setting Completed (5/5) Custom glossary setting has been completed. The model is available for the relevant functions. X X X
    Deletion Deleting Custom Glossary Model Deletion of the custom glossary model is in progress. X X X
    Erroneous Custom Glossary Setting Error
    (※1)
    Custom glossary setting could not be started for some reason. X X X
    Custom Glossary Setting Process Error Custom glossary setting progressed on the specified MT leaning service, however, it did not complete successfully.   X  
    Custom Glossary Model
    Deletion Error (※1)
    The custom glossary model could not be deleted. X X X
    Custom Glossary Setting Timeout
    (※2)
    A timeout error occurred in one of the processes between starting and completing the custom glossary setting.   X  
    (※1) Models with “Custom Glossary Setting Error” or “Custom Glossary Model Deletion Error” are not counted as valid models. Therefore, it is excluded from the calculation of the limits set by your organization's maximum number of models you can own.
    (※2) Please contact our system administrator individually for more information about the custom trained model that is in “Custom Glossary Setting Timeout” status.

    Deletion of custom glossary models

    You can select one or more models and delete them at once. Select the check box of the target model from the list, and click [Delete] icon in Batch Processing menu. Please note that deleting a model has the following effects.

    • LAC (Custom Machine Translation Management Menu): The custom glossary model is deleted and no longer appears in the list.
    • Quick MT: When data for a custom glossary model is deleted, it no longer appears in the pull-down list of the available custom glossary models for each MT engine.
    • Quick PE: When data for a custom glossary model is deleted, it no longer appears in the pull-down list of the available custom trained models for each MT engine. Also, if there is a project that selects the deleted custom glossary model, it is possible to reopen File Editor screen of the files in that project, but re-translation will result in an error.
     
    Deleting an custom glossary model immediately deletes the relevant data.

    Model evaluation of custom glossary models

    Click the name of each custom glossary model in the list to go to the custom glossary model details screen where you can evaluate the model. [Evaluation Value] column in the list shows only the BLEU value out of the four metrics. You can check all evaluation values on the custom glossary model details screen.

    Before the “→” sign is the evaluation value of the standard model (*) of MT learning service used for custom glossary, and the latter is the evaluation value of the custom glossary model. If the values of BLUE, NIST, and RIBES changes larger, and WER changes smaller, it can be interpreted that effective customization has been implemented by custom glossary setting. You can also check the detailed meaning of each metric in this blog post (Japanese).

    • BLEU
    • NIST
    • RIBES
    • WER
    *About the standard model used for the evaluation: If the used MT learning service is "Kawamura NMT", the standard model of the type selected when registering the custom glossary model (General NT, Patents NT, Finance Services, Finance NT (IR/Disclosure), Legal documents NT) will be used.