Machine-Translated Text: Is It Comprehensible to Proficient Readers?.

Leffa, Vilson J.

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ERIC Number: EJ494894

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Publication Date: 1994

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Machine-Translated Text: Is It Comprehensible to Proficient Readers?

Leffa, Vilson J.

System, v22 n3 p391-99 Aug 1994

This paper examines the development and testing of a machine-translation program designed to translate English text into Portuguese. A comparison of machine- and human-translated texts, using Brazilian secondary school students as readers, found that they were equally understood, both in terms of main ideas and details. (six references) (MDM)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Computer Software Evaluation, English, Foreign Countries, Interpreters, Machine Translation, Portuguese, Reading Comprehension, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Translation, Uncommonly Taught Languages

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Brazil

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