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Bench-type translation object
for Japanese
Bench-type translation object
for Chinese
Chat sentences
Fig. 2.
Screenshot of a chat communication in the translation chat room
(b) The chat sentence was translated automatically during the chat.
The appearance of the chat communication in the chat room is shown in
Figure 2. Each user sat on the bench on the native language side. The input
chat sentences were machine translated and displayed as a chat sentence.
2. Portable translation system (HUD-type translation object)
The HUD-type translation object in Figure 1 is a portable translation ob-
ject. Figure 1 shows an expanding HUD-type translation object. This could
translate among Japanese, English, Chinese, and Korean by switching the
language tab. The procedure for using the HUD-type translation object was
as follows:
(a) The user installed the HUD-type translation object in his/her avatar.
(b) The user clicked the language selection tab according to the partner's
language and his/her own language.
(c) The chat sentence was translated automatically during the chat.
3.3 Back Translation
Back translation is the process of translating a sentence that has already been
translated into an intermediate language back to the original language. Back
translation enables users to check the accuracy of a message using their own
native language.
