| Description |
xxvi, 274 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Benjamins translation library, 0929-7316 ; v. 14 |
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Benjamins translation library ; v. 14
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| Contents |
Rapprochement and reconciliation / Marilyn Gaddis Rose -- Languages and machines / John Hutchins -- 1. Limits in Search of a Cause -- 2. Machine Translation -- 3. The Wall -- 4. Possibilities -- 5. Implications -- A.1 Samples of machine translation -- A.2 A sample indicative translation scenario -- A.3 Types of text and pre-editing |
| Summary |
This book is about the limits of machine translation. It is widely recognized that machine translation systems do much better on domain-specific controlled-language texts (domain texts for short) than on dynamic general-language texts (general texts for short). The authors explore this general - domain distinction and come to some uncommon conclusions about the nature of language. Domain language is claimed to be made possible by general language, while general language is claimed to be made possible by the ethical dimensions of relationships. Domain language is unharmed by the constraints of |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-249) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Language and languages -- Philosophy.
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Machine translating.
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Translating and interpreting.
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| Author |
Warner, C. Terry.
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| LC no. |
95045373 |
| ISBN |
1556196954 (US : alk. paper) |
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9027216142 (Eur. : alk. paper) |
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