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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Melby, Alan K. (-)
Otros Autores: Warner, C. Terry
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins c1995.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Benjamins translation library ; v. 14.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:xxvi, 274 p. : il
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [229]-249) e índice.
ISBN:9789027283573