Mechanical Translation by the Thesaurus Method Using Existing Machinery

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: J SMPTE
Volume: 68, No. 4, pp. 236–239
Abstract: The thesaurus method of machine translation is designed to provide a means of obtaining the best translation of a word in a given context by defining every word in terms of the context in which it can occur. These definitions can be represented by elements of a lattice. By operations on the elements representing the words of a text, it is possible in principle to derive a new set of elements (a) which together carry the same information as the input set; and (b) each of which corresponds to some word in the given target language. Work is proceeding on practical methods of programming such procedures using (a) punched-card equipment and (V digital computers.
Publication Date: 1959-04-01
DOI: 10.5594/J11061
ISSN: Print: 0361-4573
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J11061
Author(s): A. F. Parker-RhodesCambridge Language Research Unit, 20 Millington Rd., Cambridge, England
C. WordleyCambridge Language Research Unit, 20 Millington Rd., Cambridge, England
Copyright: © 1959 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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1. Masterman M. Needham R. M. , “The analogy between mechanical translation and library retrieval,” Cambridge Language Research Unit . EXTERNAL
2. Roget's Thesaurus , Longmans, Green & Co. , London , 1936 . EXTERNAL
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4. Staniforth J. M. , “General schema of a the-sauric translation program, using punched card techniques,” Cambridge Language Research Unit , 1958 . EXTERNAL
5. Parker-Rhodes A. F. Needham R. M. , “Encoding Roget's Thesaurus,” Cambridge Language Research Unit , 1958 . EXTERNAL
6. Parker-Rhodes A. F. Needham R. M. , “Computation methods in lattice algebra (in press). EXTERNAL

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