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Publication details [#2418]
Hutchins, John W., ed. 2000. Early years in Machine Translation: memoirs and biographies of pioneers (Studies in the History of the Language Sciences 97). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. xii + 400 pp. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Publication type
Edited volume
Publication language
English
Keywords
Main ISBN
90-272-4586-X
Edition info
US ISBN: 1-58811-013-3
Abstract
Machine Translation (MT) was one of the first non-numerical applications of the computer in the 1950s and 1960s. With limited equipment and programming tools, researchers from a wide range of disciplines (electronics, linguistics, mathematics, engineering, etc.) tackled the unknown problems of language analysis and processing, investigated original and innovative methods and techniques, and laid the foundations not just of current MT systems and computerized tools for translators but also of natural language processing in general. This volume contains contributions by or about the major MT pioneers from the United States, Russia, East and West Europe, and Japan, with recollections of personal experiences, colleagues and rivals, the political and institutional background, the successes and disappointments, and above all the challenges and excitement of a new field with great practical importance. The editor provides an overview, chronology and list of sources for the period.
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