Buch, Englisch, Band 15, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 630 g
Linguistic characteristics of MT systems and general methodology of evaluation
Buch, Englisch, Band 15, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 630 g
Reihe: Lingvisticæ Investigationes Supplementa
ISBN: 978-90-272-3124-6
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
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.
