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Author Lehrberger, John

Title Machine translation : linguistic characteristics of MT systems and general methodology of evaluation / by John Lehrberger, Laurent Bourbeau
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1988

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 240 pages) : illustrations
Series Linguisticae investigationes. Supplementa ; v. 15
Linguisticae investigationes. Supplementa ; v. 15.
Contents MACHINE TRANSLATION; MACHINE TRANSLATION; Editorial page; Editorial page; Title page; Title page; Copyright page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Table of contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; PREFACE; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. IDENTIFICATION OF SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS; 2. IDENTIFICATION OF SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS; 3. LINGUISTIC COMPONENTS OF A SYSTEM; 3. LINGUISTIC COMPONENTS OF A SYSTEM; 4. BUILDING A SYSTEM; 4. BUILDING A SYSTEM; 5. LINGUISTIC EVALUATION BY THE USER; 5. LINGUISTIC EVALUATION BY THE USER; 6. CONCLUSION; 6. CONCLUSION; NOTES; NOTES
Summary The use of the computer in translating natural languages ranges from that of a translator's aid for word processing and dictionary lookup to that of a full-fledged translator on its own. However the obstacles to translating by means of the computer are primarily linguistic. To overcome them it is necessary to resolve the ambiguities that pervade a natural language when words and sentences are viewed in isolation. The problem then is to formalize, in the computer, these aspects of natural language understanding. The authors show how, from a linguistic point of view, one may form some idea of wh
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-240)
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Subject Machine translating
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Translating & Interpreting.
Machine translating
Maschinelle Übersetzung
Tradução automática.
Traduction automatique.
Form Electronic book
Author Bourbeau, Laurent
LC no. 87017441
ISBN 9789027286208
9027286205
1283047306
9781283047302
9786613047304
6613047309