machine translation

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machine translation

A computer performs machine translation of a document.

Definition

Noun: 1. The use of computers to translate from one language to another: This refers to the automated process where software, without direct human intervention, converts text or speech from a source language into a target language.

Usage
  • Machine translation is a field of computational linguistics.
  • It is used to describe both the technology itself and the output it produces.
  • The term is typically used in formal, academic, or technical contexts related to language technology, artificial intelligence, and localization.
Examples
  • Noun:
    • Early machine translation systems produced very literal and often inaccurate results.
    • The company uses machine translation for initial drafts of technical documents.
    • Researchers are improving the quality of neural machine translation.
Advanced Usage
  • "Rule-based machine translation (RBMT)": An older approach to machine translation that relies on a vast set of linguistic rules and bilingual dictionaries.
    • Rule-based machine translation can handle specific grammar structures well but requires extensive manual rule creation.
  • "Statistical machine translation (SMT)": An approach that uses statistical models based on the analysis of large volumes of bilingual text data.
    • Statistical machine translation represented a major shift from rule-based systems.
  • "Neural machine translation (NMT)": A modern approach using artificial neural networks to model the entire translation process in a single, integrated system.
    • Neural machine translation has significantly improved the fluency of automated translations.
Variants and Related Words
  • MT: A common abbreviation for "machine translation."
  • Automated translation: A near-synonymous term, sometimes used in less technical contexts.
  • Computer-assisted translation (CAT): A related but distinct field where human translators use software tools to aid their work; it is not fully automated machine translation.
Synonyms
  • Automated translation
  • Automatic translation
Related Phrases
  • Machine translation output: The text produced by a machine translation system.
    • The machine translation output still requires post-editing by a human.
  • Machine translation engine: The core software system that performs the translation.
    • They licensed a powerful new machine translation engine for their website.
  • Machine translation quality: A measure of the accuracy, fluency, and adequacy of the translated text.
    • Evaluating machine translation quality is a complex task.
machine translation

A computer performs machine translation of a document.

Noun
  1. the use of computers to translate from one language to another

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