Machine Translation: Linguistic characteristics of MT systems and general methodology of evaluation: 15 (Lingvisticæ Investigationes Supplementa) - Hardcover

Lehrberger, John; Bourbeau, Laurent

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9027231249 ISBN 13: 9789027231246

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co, 1988

Synopsis

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 what goes on inside a system's black box, given only the input (original text) and the raw output (translated text before post-editing). Many examples of English/French translation are used to illustrate the principles involved.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027231249
• ISBN 13: 9789027231246
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 255