# “All those in favour will please say yea”: Understanding the Factors Behind Machine Translation Adoption at the Canadian Parliament

> Source: <https://aclanthology.org/2026.eamt-1.36/>
> Published: 2026-08-24 00:00:00+00:00

[“All those in favour will please say yea”: Understanding the Factors Behind Machine Translation Adoption at the Canadian Parliament](https://aclanthology.org/2026.eamt-1.36.pdf)

[Jeniffer Leal-Wyss](/people/jeniffer-leal-wyss/unverified/),
[Delaney Lothian](/people/delaney-lothian/unverified/),
[Gabriel Bernier-Colborne](/people/gabriel-bernier-colborne/unverified/),
[Rebecca Knowles](/people/rebecca-knowles/),
[Michel Simard](/people/michel-simard/)

##### Abstract

Translators at the Canadian Parliament currently have access to a neural machine translation system as an optional tool integrated into their translation environment, whose output they can use for postediting (rather than translating from scratch); this provides a valuable opportunity to study the dynamics of MT adoption in professional settings. We report on a user study that investigates how and why translators choose to interact with this tool. Using a mixed-methods approach, we examined both human and technical factors that influence the adoption or non-adoption of the system. Drawing on our findings, we advocate for a user-centred approach to MT integration within professional translation workflows.- Anthology ID:
- 2026.eamt-1.36
- Volume:
[Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the European Association for Machine Translation (Volume 1)](/volumes/2026.eamt-1/)- Month:
- June
- Year:
- 2026
- Address:
- Tilburg, The Netherlands
- Editors:
[Dimitar Shterionov](/people/dimitar-shterionov/unverified/),[Eva Vanmassenhove](/people/eva-vanmassenhove/),[Mirella De Sisto](/people/mirella-de-sisto/unverified/),[Fred Blain](/people/frederic-blain/),[Javad Pourmostafa Roshan Sharami](/people/javad-pourmostafa-roshan-sharami/),[Lisa Lepp](/people/lisa-lepp/unverified/),[Chiara Manna](/people/chiara-manna/unverified/),[Argentina Anna Rescigno](/people/argentina-anna-rescigno/),[Alina Karakanta](/people/alina-karakanta/unverified/),[Ayla Rigouts Terryn](/people/ayla-rigouts-terryn/),[Manuel Lardelli](/people/manuel-lardelli/),[Natalia Resende](/people/natalia-resende/unverified/),[Elena Murgolo](/people/elena-murgolo/unverified/),[Janiça Hackenbuchner](/people/janica-hackenbuchner/),[Anna Zaretskaya](/people/anna-zaretskaya/unverified/),[Miquel Esplà-Gomis](/people/miquel-espla-gomis/unverified/),[Thierry Etchegoyhen](/people/thierry-etchegoyhen/unverified/),[Dagmar Gromann](/people/dagmar-gromann/),[Rachel Bawden](/people/rachel-bawden/),[Barry Haddow](/people/barry-haddow/unverified/),[Sara Szoc](/people/sara-szoc/unverified/),[Mikel Forcada](/people/mikel-l-forcada/),[Helena Moniz](/people/helena-moniz/)- Venue:
[EAMT](/venues/eamt/)- SIG:
- Publisher:
- European Association for Machine Translation
- Note:
- Pages:
- 562–587
- Language:
- URL:
[https://aclanthology.org/2026.eamt-1.36/](https://aclanthology.org/2026.eamt-1.36/)- DOI:
- Cite (ACL):
- Jeniffer Leal-Wyss, Delaney Lothian, Gabriel Bernier-Colborne, Rebecca Knowles, and Michel Simard. 2026.
[“All those in favour will please say yea”: Understanding the Factors Behind Machine Translation Adoption at the Canadian Parliament](https://aclanthology.org/2026.eamt-1.36/). In*Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the European Association for Machine Translation (Volume 1)*, pages 562–587, Tilburg, The Netherlands. European Association for Machine Translation. - Cite (Informal):
[“All those in favour will please say yea”: Understanding the Factors Behind Machine Translation Adoption at the Canadian Parliament](https://aclanthology.org/2026.eamt-1.36/)(Leal-Wyss et al., EAMT 2026)- PDF:
[https://aclanthology.org/2026.eamt-1.36.pdf](https://aclanthology.org/2026.eamt-1.36.pdf)