Interface Translation of Webpages for International Communication

摘要

The advancement of automatic translation systems has increased the demands for more accurate and seamless translations. Translation technique is not the only requirement for successful communication; equally important is the adequate translation technique of the interfaces. Few studies, however, have examined issues associated with interface translation. This paper explored technical issues to be solved concerning the translation of webpage interfaces through the following procedures. First, standard test items were defined through the consolidation of HTML grammar frequently used on webpages. Next, nine of the leading commercial translation sites were manually evaluated using the standard tests items. Finally, the results of these tests were categorized into five classes. It has become evident that the principle technical issues of the interface translation concern the restoration of character information embedded in data recorded as different formats. Moreover, it has proven effective to evaluate technically possible attributes on every site and present the indicator of the performance ratios of translation reproducibility.