Automatic translation and its limitations – Pt. 2
Tags: automatic translation, machine translation, translation limitations
Limitations of automatic translation
In the previous part of the article we discussed what machine translation is and here we continue our discussion on the limitations of machine or automatic translation.
Even the most sophisticated software cannot substitute the skill of a professional translator. The reasons why machine translations are not as satisfactory as human translation are many. Ambiguity in translation is the result of one word having many meanings depending on the context. Disambiguation involves use of either shallow approach that uses statistical techniques to remove ambiguity or the deeper approach that involves comprehensive knowledge of a word. The former … Continue Reading
