I found the reading of this book deeply satisfying in many ways, providing as it did a full overview of cutting-edge research and development in an area that is central to the future of the translation sector. the aim stated in the introduction of helping the reader to continually update knowledge of technology and process in order to maximise [ their] agency as a translator, student, teacher, researcher or process manager is substantially met in the present volume . (Sarah Bawa Mason, Machine Translation, Vol. 33, 2019) Translation Quality Assessment: From Principles to Practice offers a broad coverage of a number of approaches to human and machine translation quality assessment (TQA) based on a wide range of practices from research, industry and academia. this book is a very useful guide for students, researchers and practitioners in the field, including very interesting contributions that can inspire the reader in various directions. (Emmanouela Patiniotaki, The Journal of Specialised Translation, Issue 32, July, 2019) This book is nicely presented with each chapter contributing an important aspect of machine translation quality assessment. The focus of this book is on the product of translation, describing scenarios for translation quality assessment and developing applications of translation quality assessment. The book embraces dominant methods from different translation scenarios, and provides a comprehensive collection of contributions by international experts in translation quality assessment and human and machine translation evaluation. (Zhi Huang, The Linguist List, linguistlist.org, February, 2019)
