How does a machine translate? Cover Image

Kuidas masin tõlgib
How does a machine translate?

Author(s): Mare Koit, Heiki-Jaan Kaalep
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: SA Kultuurileht
Keywords: rule-based machine translation; statistical machine translation

Summary/Abstract: the article gives an informal overview of machine translation. it describes both the classical rule-based paradigm and the statistical phrase-based paradigm. the aim is to present some assumptions about what is the adequate model of translation as a process, and what are the important typological aspects of language in this context.

  • Issue Year: LIII/2010
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 726-738
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Estonian