The possibility of language :: a discussion of the nature of language, with implications for human and machine translation /

This book is about the limits of machine translation. It is widely recognized that machine translation systems do much better on domain-specific controlled-language texts (domain texts for short) than on dynamic general-language texts (general texts for short). The authors explore this general - dom...

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1. Verfasser: Melby, Alan K.
Weitere Verfasser: Warner, C. Terry
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©1995.
Schriftenreihe:Benjamins translation library ; v. 14.
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Zusammenfassung:This book is about the limits of machine translation. It is widely recognized that machine translation systems do much better on domain-specific controlled-language texts (domain texts for short) than on dynamic general-language texts (general texts for short). The authors explore this general - domain distinction and come to some uncommon conclusions about the nature of language. Domain language is claimed to be made possible by general language, while general language is claimed to be made possible by the ethical dimensions of relationships. Domain language is unharmed by the constraints of.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxvi, 274 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-249) and indexes.
ISBN:9789027283573
9027283575
1283174480
9781283174480
9786613174482
6613174483
ISSN:0929-7316 ;