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  <Title>Task Tolerance of MT Output in Integrated Text Processes</Title>
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5 Conclusion
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    <Paragraph position="0"> The MT Functional Proficiency Scale project has not only demonstrated that it is possible for poor MT output to be of use for certain text-handling tasks, but has also indicated the different tolerances each such task has for possibly poor MT output.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="1"> This task-based methodology developed in the MT Functional Proficiency Scale project using Japanese-to-English corpora should prove useful in evaluating other language pair systems. There is also potential for evaluating other text-handling systems, such as summarization, information retrieval, gisting, and information extraction, in the context of the other tasks that might process their output. Task-based evaluations provide a direct way for understanding how text-handlJ:~ng technologies can interact with each other in end-to-end processes. In the case of MT systems, it is possible to predict the effective applicability of MT systems whose output seems far less than perfect.</Paragraph>
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