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This research aims to explore how interactive machine translation influences cognitive resource distribution among post-editors during different task phases and activities.

June 11, 2026International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Effects of Interactive Machine Translation on Post-Editors’ Cognitive Resource Distribution: Evidence from Eye-Tracking, Key-Logging, and Retrospective Interviews

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This research aims to explore how interactive machine translation influences cognitive resource distribution among post-editors during different task phases and activities.
Data collected from twelve professional and twelve student translators via eye-tracking, key-logging, and retrospective interviews.
Participants performed both conventional post-editing (CPE) and interactive post-editing (IPE) on Chinese-English texts.
Professionals showed reduced cognitive resource distribution only in target text processing (P<0.05).
Students exhibited lower cognitive resource distribution in all phases except the initial; specifics were not quantified but trends were observed.
Interactive post-editing narrowed the cognitive-efficiency gap between professionals and students.

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YWYu WeiUniversity of Malaya AAAmin AmirdabbaghianUniversity of Malaya RWRidwan WahidUniversity of Malaya

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Randomized trial investigates cognitive resource distribution with interactive machine translation in translators, suggesting implications for the translation industry.

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Wei et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2a52d980c8f91e7f39ec3a https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2026.2682943

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Randomized trial investigates cognitive resource distribution with interactive machine translation in translators, suggesting implications for the translation industry.

Effects of Interactive Machine Translation on Post-Editors’ Cognitive Resource Distribution: Evidence from Eye-Tracking, Key-Logging, and Retrospective Interviews

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Effects of Interactive Machine Translation on Post-Editors’ Cognitive Resource Distribution: Evidence from Eye-Tracking, Key-Logging, and Retrospective Interviews

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