Saudi Translation Agencies and Translation Centers: A Study of Post-Editing Practices

This qualitative research aims to investigate and analyze the practice of post-editing activity in Saudi translation agencies centers. The study’s focus is on importance Machine Translation (MT) output as an approach upgrade quality MT results enhance accuracy translations. study data were collected through electronic survey (questionnaire) comprising short questions about guidelines addition their knowledge certification programs. participants this 18 professional translators working certified centers across different universities between Jeddah, Dammam, Riyadh cities. showed that post-edited outputs tasks recognized being aware standards guidelines. Further, findings demonstrated majority used machine tools. Finally, they positively disposed programs take employment post-editors. Based study, it recommended state Arabia a larger sample attitudes students towards practicing outputs, analyzing specialized texts by translators.