post-editing
noun[U]
computingspecialized(alsopostediting)uk/ˌpəʊstˈed.ɪ.tɪŋ/us/ˌpoʊstˈed.ɪ.t̬ɪŋ/theprocessof making morechangesto atextorfileafter it has already been through aprocess, usually anautomaticone, in which it has beencheckedandchangesmade:
Manual post-editing wasconductedtoeliminatewrongly-assignedtags.
The postediting annotator did notmodifythisaspectof theoutput.
- I nolongeruse thisprogrambecause it puts intagsthat I don'twant, ortakesoutonesI need, so there'slotsof post-editing.
- Content may besentfirst to amachinetranslationservice, and then to atranslationvendorfor post-editing.
- Automaticindexingreducestheoverallworkloadfor thehuman, but post-editing is stillnecessary.
- Thepodcastwasmixedbyhandand no post-editing was done.
Editing & compiling
- abridged
- anthologist
- blue pencil
- bowdlerization
- bowdlerize
- bowdlerized
- co-edit
- compile
- dub
- emend
- excerpt
- fact-checking
- lexicographer
- non-editorial
- over-edit
- proofreading
- recension
- revised
- undubbed
- unfiltered