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Some common approaches to Machine Translation include the following:
 
Some common approaches to Machine Translation include the following:
  
* '''Rule-based''', which includes transfer-based, interlingual, and dictionary-based translations
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* '''Rule-based''', includes transfer-based, interlingual, and dictionary-based translations
* '''Statistical''', which generates translations by using statistical methods on bilingual corpora
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* '''Statistical''', generates translations by using statistical methods on bilingual corpora
 
* '''Example Based''', essentially translation by analogy  
 
* '''Example Based''', essentially translation by analogy  
 
* '''Hybrid''', combines aspects of both rule-based and statistical machine translation
 
* '''Hybrid''', combines aspects of both rule-based and statistical machine translation

Revision as of 22:03, 29 September 2010

Summary

Machine Translation (or MT for short) is a task in the field of computational linguistics which looks at translating some input in one natural language, in the form of text or speech, into another natural language with computer software.

Common Approaches

Some common approaches to Machine Translation include the following:

  • Rule-based, includes transfer-based, interlingual, and dictionary-based translations
  • Statistical, generates translations by using statistical methods on bilingual corpora
  • Example Based, essentially translation by analogy
  • Hybrid, combines aspects of both rule-based and statistical machine translation

Challenges / Issues

Example Systems