A practical approach to using machine translation software: ‘Post-editing’ the source text

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Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 193-212

  Somers, Harold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84933479651     PISSN: 13556509     EISSN: 17570409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13556509.1997.10798998     Document Type: Article

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