Is Music a language?
The other night I was listening to a version of Eleanor Rigby by the talented Uruguayan musician Leo Masliah. This particular version has got so
March 30, 2012
Glossaries in Machine Translation
In Machine Translation we use the term “glossary” in a different way than the traditional meaning of “an alphabetically ordered list of words with an
March 22, 2012
TMX: Translation Memories in XML format
In a previous post I described XML as a standard for exchanging information. There are some specific XML formats which, in turn, have become pretty
March 17, 2012
Why human postediting is necessary in MT?
We read in a TAUS (Translation Automaton User Society) report: Future developmentsIn general, academic MT observers have tended to view postediting as the weak link
March 14, 2012
Power and flexibility in XML
XML has become a widely accepted standard for structuring and exchanging data. It combines power and flexibility, two qualities that usually compete with each other,
February 15, 2012
Can machines cope with language nuances?
One of the strongest criticisms to the idea of machine translation is that machines cannot deal appropriately with the subtleties of languages. This applies both
January 20, 2012
Quality and Speed in Machine Translation
Machine Translation is not the only activity where there is a trade-off between quality and speed. Metrics for measuring time are clear and universally accepted.
December 30, 2011
The masquerade is sober
One of the most famous tests on the field of artificial intelligence is called the “Turing test”, after the great British mathematician Alan Turing. It
December 14, 2011
Human vs. Machine again
Two centuries ago there was the general perception in the industrialized countries that machines were conquering the world. They were certainly creeping up into more
November 30, 2011
Machine Translation
A delightful example illustrates well one of the earliest myths about the problems that may arise when trying to translate text using a computer. The
November 16, 2011
