A Language Checker of Controlled Language and its Integration in a Documentation and Translation Workflow

摘要

In this paper we present Scania Checker, a web-based language checker for Swedish automotive service literature. It has been developed by the Department of Linguistics at Uppsala University in co-operation with the After Sales department Technical Information at Scania, Sodertalje, Sweden. In order to ensure translation consistency and quality, technical writers at Technical Information use it to check grammar and vocabulary in the source document before it is being translated. We will show what kind of responses Scania Checker offers the writer, and demonstrate some examples of the rules behind the responses. We will also show, what the writer is expected to do in order to integrate the use of Scania Checker into a documentation and translation work-flow. The Scania Checker consists of a word checker and a grammar checker. A fundamental part of the checker is the Scania Checker Lexical Database. The contents and characteristics of the database will be presented, and how it is used by the author, as well as by the database administrator. The error coverage of the grammar checker will be out-lined and errror type frequencies resulting from the training of the checker will be given. Some technical aspects of the checker will also be presented including the basic operation of the grammar checker.