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MT Overview What is Machine Translation (MT)? Machine Translation is the process that utilizes computer software to translate text from one natural language into another. This definition accounts for the grammatical structure of each language and uses rules and assumptions to transfer the grammatical structure of the source language (text to be translated) into the target language (translated text). Translation is anything but simple. It's not a mere substitution for each word, but being able to know "all of the words" in a given sentence or phrase and how one may influence the other. Human languages consist of morphology (the way words are built up from small meaning-bearing units), syntax (sentence structure), semantics (meaning), and countless ambiguities. SYSTRAN's Technology SYSTRAN was one of the first and is one of the few remaining independent Machine Translation (MT) developers. In 2002, SYSTRAN releases a redesigned architecture that in simple terms, leverages its 30 plus years of enhancements that make the overall system more efficient. Combined with the increased performance in today's computers, this results in higher translation coverage. SYSTRAN's technology is developed under Linux and runs on all Unix platforms and Microsoft Windows. All SYSTRAN systems utilize one engine and use the latest Natural Language Processing (NLP) technologies. The systems integrate finite state technology to accelerate access to very large linguistic knowledge bases. In fact, SYSTRAN has more multilingual knowledge bases that common computers can support. XML, Unicode and HTTP standards are central in the design to address multilingual issues in applications such as Web, email, Intranet, publishing, etc. SYSTRAN's R&D efforts benefit from continued development and reinvestment in linguistics and in NLP. The goal is to prepare new generation MT systems to improve translation quality and robustness over multi-agent, multi-threaded architecture. What's new?
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