Example-based machine translation: A review and commentary

Machine Translation

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 197-211

  Hutchins, John ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Definition; Example based machine translation; Review; Statistical machine translation; Survey

Indexed keywords

LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURVEYING;

DEFINITION; EXAMPLE-BASED MACHINE TRANSLATION (EBMT); STATISTICAL MACHINE TRANSLATION;

TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES);

EID: 33847316510     PISSN: 09226567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10590-006-9003-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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