Machine translation
Machine translation (MT) is "A technology that translates text from one human language to another, using terminology glossaries and advanced grammatical, syntactic and semantic analysis techniques." (MultiLingual)
It is also described as "is a sub-field of computational linguistics that investigates the use of computer software to translate text or speech from one natural language to another. At its basic level, MT performs simple substitution of words in one natural language for words in another. Using corpus techniques, more complex translations may be attempted, allowing for better handling of differences in linguistic typology, phrase recognition, and translation of idioms, as well as the isolation of anomalies." (Wikipedia, accessed 2007)
MT and African languages
Older work
- "MT" for Africa Computer translators & African languages http://www.bisharat.net/Trans/
- The Language Weaver company had done some work on Arabic, Hausa, and Somali by 2008.
Recent work
MT software
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Translation tools
References
- MultiLingual. 2015. "Glossary." 2015 Resource Directory. http://multilingual.com/wp-content/downloads/2015RD.pdf
- Wikipedia
- AF "Outomatiese vertaling" https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outomatiese_vertaling
- AR "ترجمة آلية" https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/ترجمة آلية
- EN "Machine translation" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_translation
- FR "Traduction automatique" https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traduction_automatique
- MG "Fandikan-teny ataon'ny milina" https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandikan-teny_ataon'ny_milina
- PT "Tradução automática" https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradução_automática