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Laffling, John. 1992. On constructing a transfer dictionary for man and machine. Target 4 (1) : 17–31.
Publication type
Article in jnl/bk
Publication language
English
Source language
Target language
Journal DOI
10.1075/target

Abstract

This article argues that, unlike conventional bilingual knowledge sources that are underpinned by the principle of filtering out a limited number of representative equivalents, transfer dictionaries that are derived from computer-assisted parallel text analysis can bring both the human and the mechanized translator a stage nearer the elusive ideal of text-insertable translation equivalents.
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