Machine Translation. Linguistic characteristics of MT systems and general methodology of evaluation.
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| Title: | Machine Translation. Linguistic characteristics of MT systems and general methodology of evaluation. |
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| Description: | '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.' |
| Authors: | LEHRBERGER, John and Laurent BOURBEAU |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Machine translating |
| Categories: | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting, COMPUTERS / Artificial Intelligence / Natural Language Processing, COMPUTERS / Speech & Audio Processing |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | '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.' |
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| ISBN: | 9789027231246 9789027286208 |
