<s>
MateCat	B-Application
is	O
a	O
web-based	O
computer-assisted	O
translation	O
(	O
CAT	O
)	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MateCat	B-Application
is	O
released	O
as	O
open	O
source	O
software	O
under	O
the	O
Lesser	O
General	O
Public	O
License	O
(	O
LGPL	O
)	O
from	O
the	O
Free	O
Software	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MateCat	B-Application
,	O
acronym	O
of	O
Machine	O
Translation	O
Enhanced	O
Computer	O
Assisted	O
Translation	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
3-year	O
research	O
project	O
(	O
11/2011	O
10/2014	O
)	O
funded	O
by	O
the	O
European	O
Union	O
’s	O
Seventh	O
Framework	O
Programme	O
for	O
research	O
,	O
technological	O
development	O
and	O
demonstration	O
under	O
grant	O
agreement	O
No	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
objective	O
of	O
MateCat	B-Application
is	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
tool	O
to	O
edit	O
machine	O
translation	O
results	O
and	O
manage	O
localization	O
workflow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MateCat	B-Application
tool	O
runs	O
as	O
a	O
web-server	O
accessible	O
through	O
Chrome	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XLIFF	O
is	O
the	O
file	O
format	O
natively	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
MateCat	B-Application
tool	O
;	O
however	O
external	O
file	O
converters	O
can	O
be	O
added	O
in	O
the	O
MateCat	B-Application
configuration	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MateCat	B-Application
leverages	O
the	O
growing	O
interest	O
and	O
expectations	O
in	O
statistical	O
MT	O
along	O
three	O
directions	O
:	O
Self-tuning	O
MT	O
,	O
User	O
adaptive	O
MT	O
,	O
Informative	O
MT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MateCat	B-Application
also	O
provides	O
suggestions	O
by	O
MT	O
which	O
are	O
consistent	O
with	O
respect	O
not	O
only	O
to	O
the	O
already	O
edited	O
segments	O
but	O
also	O
,	O
in	O
theory	O
,	O
to	O
the	O
whole	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
means	O
that	O
they	O
are	O
unsuitable	O
for	O
a	O
dynamic	O
environment	O
like	O
the	O
one	O
that	O
MateCat	B-Application
is	O
designing	O
for	O
translators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
model	O
the	O
dynamic	O
changes	O
depicted	O
in	O
the	O
two	O
previous	O
tasks	O
,	O
MateCat	B-Application
developed	O
innovative	O
data-structures	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
rapidly	O
and	O
effectively	O
updated	O
as	O
soon	O
as	O
a	O
new	O
translation	O
is	O
supplied	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
,	O
and	O
innovative	O
,	O
efficient	O
algorithms	O
for	O
performing	O
this	O
adaptation	O
in	O
such	O
a	O
way	O
that	O
the	O
whole	O
process	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
and	O
is	O
transparent	O
to	O
the	O
translator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MateCat	B-Application
has	O
been	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
MateCat	B-Application
project	O
to	O
investigate	O
new	O
MT	O
functions	O
and	O
to	O
evaluate	O
them	O
in	O
a	O
real	O
professional	O
setting	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
translators	O
have	O
at	O
their	O
disposal	O
all	O
the	O
sources	O
of	O
information	O
they	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
working	O
with	O
.	O
</s>
