Difficulties in establishing common ground in multiparty groups using machine translation

Naomi Yamashita; Rieko Inaba; Hideaki Kuzuoka; Toru Ishida

doi:10.1145/1518701.1518807

Difficulties in establishing common ground in multiparty groups using machine translation

Naomi Yamashita, Rieko Inaba, Hideaki Kuzuoka, Toru Ishida

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Abstract

When people communicate in their native languages using machine translation, they face various problems in constructing common ground. This study investigates the difficulties of constructing common ground when multiparty groups (consisting of more than two language communities) communicate using machine translation. We compose triads whose members come from three different language communities-China, Korea, and Japan-and compare their referential communication under two conditions: in their shared second language (English) and in their native languages using machine translation. Consequently, our study suggests the importance of not only grounding between speaker and addressee but also grounding between addressees in constructing effective machine-translation-mediated communication. Furthermore, to successfully build common ground between addressees, it seems important for them to be able to monitor what is going on between a speaker and other addressees.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2009
Subtitle of host publication	Digital Life New World - Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Pages	679-688
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1518701.1518807
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes
Event	27th International Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2009 - Boston, MA, United States Duration: 2009 Apr 4 → 2009 Apr 9

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

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Conference	27th International Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2009
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston, MA
Period	09/4/4 → 09/4/9

Keywords

Computer-mediated communication
Machine translation
Referential communication. grounding

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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Yamashita, N., Inaba, R., Kuzuoka, H., & Ishida, T. (2009). Difficulties in establishing common ground in multiparty groups using machine translation. In CHI 2009: Digital Life New World - Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 679-688). (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). https://doi.org/10.1145/1518701.1518807

Difficulties in establishing common ground in multiparty groups using machine translation. / Yamashita, Naomi; Inaba, Rieko; Kuzuoka, Hideaki et al.
CHI 2009: Digital Life New World - Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2009. p. 679-688 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Yamashita, N, Inaba, R, Kuzuoka, H & Ishida, T 2009, Difficulties in establishing common ground in multiparty groups using machine translation. in CHI 2009: Digital Life New World - Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, pp. 679-688, 27th International Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2009, Boston, MA, United States, 09/4/4. https://doi.org/10.1145/1518701.1518807

Yamashita N, Inaba R, Kuzuoka H, Ishida T. Difficulties in establishing common ground in multiparty groups using machine translation. In CHI 2009: Digital Life New World - Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2009. p. 679-688. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). doi: 10.1145/1518701.1518807

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