Language translators convert programming source code into language that the computer processor understands. Programming source code has various structures and commands, but computer processors only understand machine language. Different types of...

Machine translation, sometimes referred to by the acronym MT, 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...

Creating multilingual Web sites is a competitive advantage for global businesses. Can machine translation help you do the job? Consider three criteria for evaluating machine translation systems. Globalization of the economy is opening potential markets around the world. From Internet expansion to...

SINCE its earliest days, machine translation--the use of computers to translate documents from one language to another automatically--has suffered from exaggerated claims and impossible expectations. One characteristic (but apocryphal) tale tells of an American military system designed to translate Russian into English, which...