What is a machine translation?

Machine Translation is a field of computer science that focuses on transforming a written text or verbal speech from one natural human language to another. Research in this area began in the 1950s and has since advanced to the extent that several machine translations have been available for public use since 2011. However, a completely accurate translation is very difficult to achieve by means of machines and many challenges in this area have not yet been resolved. However, human languages ​​are complex and phrases can often have more meanings, so effective translation programs must take into account the whole sentences. These programs must calculate the meaning of each word. For example, the word "book" can be a noun like in "read a book" or a verb, such as "will book years". By analyzing context, programs can be the best words for translation.

Machine translation algorithms must also consider the grammatical structure of the target jazyka. As an example, for the English words "red shirt" is a direct translation into Spanish "Roja camisa". Repair Spanish grammar is placed adjectives after nouns, so the correct translation must be followed by this grammatical rule and regroup the Spanish result as "Camisa Roja". Grammar rules could be simple if only two words, but can become complex and difficult to process the machine translation when the whole sentences and paragraphs must be converted.

Despite the progress of machine translation, computer programs were still prone to errors at the beginning of the 21st century. The technique to solve this problem is a machine -supported human translation in which professional translators use the program. These experts are aware of the limitation of the MACHPRAND INE, so they are able to find and correct common mistakes. The combination of human and machine translation services allows you to convert a large amount of text quickly and accurately.