@article{48746,
      recid = {48746},
      author = {Caffrey, Colm, and Valentini, Cristina,},
      title = {Applications of technology in the Patent Cooperation  Treaty (PCT) Translation Division of the World Intellectual  Property Organization (WIPO)},
      pages = {1 online resource (Chapter, 21 pages)},
      abstract = {This chapter will describe specific ways in which  technology is used in the work of the Patent Cooperation  Treaty (PCT) Translation Division of the World Intellectual  Property Organization (WIPO). After a brief introduction to  the structure and work of the PCT Translation Division, the  chapter will discuss the historical trajectory of the usage  of technology in the Division, focusing on the areas of  corpora, terminology, translation memories (TMs) and  machine translation (MT). The workflows followed for  translation and terminology work will be detailed, as well  as the current applications of these tools. In particular,  benefits and challenges of using TMs for Japanese into  English translation of patent abstracts will be discussed.  Subsequently, extraction of terms from monolingual and  bilingual patent corpora will be described, as well as the  use of term extraction and MT to optimize compilation of  multilingual terminology records in the PCT terminology  database. WIPO Pearl will be then introduced as a  successful example of integration of corpora, MT, and  innovative machine learning algorithms. To conclude,  application of emerging technologies, i.e. neural machine  translation (NMT), in the PCT Translation Division will be  discussed with respect to the need of maintaining high  quality levels of translation while fostering  productivity.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/48746},
}