Translation · ASR Model Training
Translation & Localisation Data for ASR Model Training
Human translation and parallel-corpus creation across Indian languages, built for machine-translation training and multilingual LLM evaluation rather than for publication. Applied to asr model training, the specification is driven by one thing: word error rate overall and per dialect.
- Service
- Translation
- Use case
- ASR Model Training
- Primary metric
- Word error rate overall and per dialect
Required data profile
- Hundreds to thousands of hours of verbatim-transcribed speech
- Wide speaker diversity: age, gender, region, education, recording condition
- Speaker-disjoint train/dev/test splits
Technical specification
| Parameter | Standard |
|---|---|
| Direction | English to Indian languages and between Indian languages |
| Output | Sentence-aligned parallel corpora |
| Register | Formal, colloquial, or matched to your product tone |
| Review | Independent bilingual review pass |
| Terminology | Client glossary enforced and returned updated |
Process
- Glossary and register agreement
- Translation by native speakers of the target language
- Independent bilingual review
- Alignment verification
- Delivery with terminology report
Metrics this feeds
- Word error rate overall and per dialect
- Entity error rate on names and numbers
- Code-switch token accuracy
Failure modes to design out
- Read-speech-only corpora that do not transfer to spontaneous audio
- Speaker leakage across splits inflating reported accuracy
- Normalised-only transcripts with the raw text discarded
Back-translation checks are run on a sample so you can see where source ambiguity, not translator error, causes divergence.
Deliverables
- Sentence-aligned parallel data
- Updated glossary
- Reviewer notes on ambiguous source
Frequently asked
Is translation the right service for asr model training?
It covers hundreds to thousands of hours of verbatim-transcribed speech. Most asr model training programmes combine it with at least one other service; we will say so in the scope rather than selling one line item.
What languages are available?
All 14 languages in the network plus Indian English accent bands.
How is the evaluation set handled?
Collected first, from speakers disjoint from the training cohort, so improvement is measurable.
Scope translation for asr model training
Send the metric you need to move.