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Articles on machine translation

An article on writing for machine translation in Japan Today

Sun Microsystems have developed a system called Sun Proof, which checks text intended for machine translation and flags up possible problems. It is described in a Sun Microsystems Newsletter.

CLAT (Controlled Language Authoring Technology) is a method of writing technical manuals using a limited vocabulary and limited forms, to make automatic translation easier.

The development and use of machine translation systems and computer-based translation tools

http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Globalization/Computer_Aided_Translation/

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Updated 2006-08-13