Languages and the Computing Profession
Holmes, Neville (2004) Languages and the Computing Profession. Computer, 37 (3). 104, 102-103. ISSN 0018-9162 ![[img]](http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png)  Preview |
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MC.2004.1274016 AbstractTranslating natural language is too important and complex for computing professionals to tackle alone. This essay considers the two popular approaches to machine translation of text - "knowledge-based" (rule- driven) and statistical, describes their weaknesses, argues for the development of an unnatural language as an intermediary to make machine translation of a wealth of languages practical, and reviews the implications for speech translation. An overall theme is the need for computing professionals to work in support of the appropriate professionals and the dangers of computing professionals tying to do it by themselves. | Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | A more formal version of this essay was published as essay 5.1 in the author's book "Computers and People" (Wiley, 2006). This material is presented to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by authors or by other copyright holders. All persons copying this information are expected to adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each author's copyright. In most cases, these works may not be reposted without the explicit permission of the copyright holder.
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| Keywords: | written language, translation, intermediary language, auxiliary language, Esperanto, speech translation |
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| Subjects: | 380000 Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences > 380200 Linguistics > 380201 Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics
420000 Language and Culture > 420100 Language Studies > 420121 Comparative Language Studies
380000 Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences > 380200 Linguistics > 380207 Linguistic Structures (incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics) |
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| ID Code: | 1419 |
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| Deposited By: | Mr Neville Holmes |
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| Deposited On: | 19 Jul 2007 |
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| Last Modified: | 09 Jan 2008 02:30 |
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