questionnaires/pretask_config.json

{
    "time": {
        "title": "Duration (in seconds)"
    },
    "translation_direction": {
        "title": "Translation direction",
        "options": {
            "eng-ita": "English to Italian",
            "eng-nld": "English to Dutch"
        }
    },
    "main_task_modality": {
        "title": "Main task modality",
        "options": {
            "no_highlight": "No Highlight",
            "oracle": "Oracle",
            "supervised": "Supervised",
            "unsupervised": "Unsupervised"
        }
    },
    "pretask_translator_id": {
        "title": "Pretask translator ID",
        "options": {
            "t1": "Translator 1",
            "t2": "Translator 2",
            "t3": "Translator 3",
            "t4": "Translator 4",
            "t5": "Translator 5",
            "t6": "Translator 6",
            "t7": "Translator 7",
            "t8": "Translator 8",
            "t9": "Translator 9",
            "t10": "Translator 10",
            "t11": "Translator 11",
            "t12": "Translator 12"
        }
    },
    "main_task_translator_id": {
        "title": "Main task translator ID",
        "options": {
            "no_highlight_t1": "Translator 1 - No Highlight Modality",
            "no_highlight_t2": "Translator 2 - No Highlight Modality",
            "no_highlight_t3": "Translator 3 - No Highlight Modality",
            "oracle_t1": "Translator 1 - Oracle Modality",
            "oracle_t2": "Translator 2 - Oracle Modality",
            "oracle_t3": "Translator 3 - Oracle Modality",
            "supervised_t1": "Translator 1 - Supervised Modality",
            "supervised_t2": "Translator 2 - Supervised Modality",
            "supervised_t3": "Translator 3 - Supervised Modality",
            "unsupervised_t1": "Translator 1 - Unsupervised Modality",
            "unsupervised_t2": "Translator 2 - Unsupervised Modality",
            "unsupervised_t3": "Translator 3 - Unsupervised Modality"
        }
    },
    "mother_tongue": {
        "title": "Mother tongue",
        "prompt": "Specify your mother tongue. If needed, you can specify more than one language.",
        "options": {
            "ita": "Italian",
            "nld": "Dutch",
            "other": "Other (specify)"
        }
    },
    "mother_tongue_other": {
        "title": "Mother tongue (other)",
        "other_text_for": "mother_tongue"
    },
    "language_combination": {
        "title": "Language combination",
        "prompt": "Please, specify which language combination you work with more frequently.",
        "options": {
            "eng-ita": "English to Italian",
            "ita-eng": "Italian to English",
            "eng-nld": "English to Dutch",
            "nld-eng": "Dutch to English",
            "other": "Other (specify)"
        }
    },
    "language_combination_other": {
        "title": "Language combination (other)",
        "other_text_for": "language_combination"
    },
    "current_position": {
        "title": "Current position",
        "prompt": "Please, specify your current position/job/activity.",
        "options": {
            "fulltime_freelancer": "Full-time freelance translator",
            "parttime_freelancer": "Part-time freelance translator",
            "fulltime_employed": "Employed full-time in a translation agency",
            "parttime_employed": "Employed part-time in a translation agency",
            "other": "Other (specify)"
        }
    },
    "current_position_other": {
        "title": "Current position (other)",
        "other_text_for": "current_position"
    },
    "english_level": {
        "title": "English proficiency",
        "prompt": "Specify your estimated English proficiency. A1 is equivalent to a beginners level and C2 to a native or near native speaker level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).",
        "options": {
            "a1": "A1",
            "a2": "A2",
            "b1": "B1",
            "b2": "B2",
            "c1": "C1",
            "c2": "C2"
        }
    },
    "translation_experience": {
        "title": "Translation experience",
        "prompt": "Specify your professional experience as a translator overall in number of years.",
        "options": {
            "2": "Less than 2 years",
            "3.5": "Between 2 and 5 years",
            "7.5": "Between 5 and 10 years",
            "10": "More than 10 years"
        }
    },
    "pe_proficiency": {
        "title": "Post editing proficiency",
        "prompt": "As a professional translator, have you post-edited machine translated texts?",
        "options": {
            "1": "Yes",
            "0": "No"
        }
    },
    "pe_experience": {
        "title": "Post editing experience",
        "prompt": "Specify the number of years of experience in post-editing machine translated texts.",
        "options": {
            "2": "Less than 2 years",
            "3.5": "Between 2 and 5 years",
            "7.5": "Between 5 and 10 years",
            "10": "More than 10 years"
        }
    },
    "pe_percentage": {
        "title": "Post editing percentage",
        "prompt": "In the last 12 months, which percentage of your translation tasks involved post-editing machine translated texts?",
        "options": {
            "0.2": "0 to 20%",
            "0.4": "21 to 40%",
            "0.6": "41 to 60%",
            "0.8": "61 to 80%",
            "1": "81 to 100%"
        }
    },
    "catt_experience": {
        "title": "Computer-assisted translation technologies experience",
        "prompt": "How often do you employ computer-assisted translation technologies, such as translation memories or quality estimation, in your translation work?",
        "options": {
            "1": "Never",
            "2": "Rarely",
            "3": "From time to time",
            "4": "Often",
            "5": "Always"
        }
    },
    "mt_statements": {
        "title": "Machine translation statements",
        "prompt": "Please, select the answer(s) that best represents your views on Machine Translation (MT). Check all the options that apply.",
        "multiple_choice": true,
        "options": {
            "like_A": "I like using MT for repetitive work that requires consistency.",
            "like_B": "I like using MT to check certain words or expressions.",
            "like_C": "I like using MT to trigger my creativity.",
            "like_D": "I like using MT because it makes me more productive.",
            "like_E": "I like using MT because it improves the quality of my translations.",
            "dislike_A": "I don't like using MT because it makes me less creative.",
            "dislike_B": "I don't like using MT because it makes me less productive.",
            "dislike_C": "I don't like using MT because the proposals are poor in quality.",
            "dislike_D": "I don't like using MT because it makes my translations worse.",
            "other": "Other (specify)"
        }
    },
    "mt_statements_other": {
        "title": "Machine translation statements (other)",
        "other_text_for": "mt_statements"
    },
    "statement_1": {
        "title": "Statement - Confidence in Editing Human Translations",
        "prompt": "Rate the following statement: I feel confident in reviewing translations produced by other professional translators.",
        "options": {
            "1": "Strongly disagree",
            "2": "Somewhat disagree",
            "3": "Neither agree nor disagree",
            "4": "Somewhat agree",
            "5": "Strongly agree"
        }
    },
    "statement_2": {
        "title": "Statement - Confidence in Editing Machine Translations",
        "prompt": "Rate the following statement: I feel confident in post-editing translations produced by MT systems.",
        "options": {
            "1": "Strongly disagree",
            "2": "Somewhat disagree",
            "3": "Neither agree nor disagree",
            "4": "Somewhat agree",
            "5": "Strongly agree"
        }
    },
    "statement_3": {
        "title": "Statement - Post-editing or Translating from Scratch",
        "prompt": "Rate the following statement: Without access to a translation memory, I would generally choose to post-edit MT over translating from scratch.",
        "options": {
            "1": "Strongly disagree",
            "2": "Somewhat disagree",
            "3": "Neither agree nor disagree",
            "4": "Somewhat agree",
            "5": "Strongly agree"
        }
    },
    "statement_4": {
        "title": "Statement - Post-editing or Imperfect TM",
        "prompt": "Rate the following statement: I would generally choose to post-edit MT over processing good but imperfect (85-94%) translation memory matches.",
        "options": {
            "1": "Strongly disagree",
            "2": "Somewhat disagree",
            "3": "Neither agree nor disagree",
            "4": "Somewhat agree",
            "5": "Strongly agree"
        }
    },
    "statement_5": {
        "title": "Statement - Post-editing MT or Human Translation",
        "prompt": "Rate the following statements: - I would generally choose to post-edit machine translations over human translations",
        "options": {
            "1": "Strongly disagree",
            "2": "Somewhat disagree",
            "3": "Neither agree nor disagree",
            "4": "Somewhat agree",
            "5": "Strongly agree"
        }
    },
    "statement_6": {
        "title": "Statement - MT for Known Languages",
        "prompt": "Rate the following statements: - I often use MT for languages I know outside of work.",
        "options": {
            "1": "Strongly disagree",
            "2": "Somewhat disagree",
            "3": "Neither agree nor disagree",
            "4": "Somewhat agree",
            "5": "Strongly agree"
        }
    },
    "statement_7": {
        "title": "Statement - MT for Unknown Languages",
        "prompt": "Rate the following statements: - I often use MT for languages I don't know outside of work.",
        "options": {
            "1": "Strongly disagree",
            "2": "Somewhat disagree",
            "3": "Neither agree nor disagree",
            "4": "Somewhat agree",
            "5": "Strongly agree"
        }
    },
    "pe_opinion": {
        "title": "Post-editing opinion",
        "prompt": "What is your opinion overall of post-editing machine translation as part of your translation work? Please, feel free to comment about technical aspects as well as opinions and feelings."
    }
}