目录
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Definition of Terms
Machine translation
Human-aided machine translation
Machine-aided human translation
Human translation
The localization industry
Conclusion
2 Translation Studies and Translation Technology
Translation theory
Academic and professional groups in translation
Linguistic theories in machine translation systems
Translation studies
The translation process
Conclusion
3 Machine Translation Systems
Major historical developments
Architectures
Hybrid and interactive machine translation systems
Online machine translation systems
Commercial machine translation systems
Reasons for using machine translation systems
Conclusion
4 Computer-Aided Translation Tools and Resources
Workbenches
Translation support tools and resources
Localization tools
Commercial computer-aided translation tools
Standards for data interchange
Conclusion
5 Evaluating Translation Tools
Machine translation systems
Computer-aided translation tools
Stakeholders
Evaluation methods
General frameworks for evaluating translation tools
Conclusion
6 Recent Developments and Future Directions
Machine translation systems
Computer-aided translation tools
Translation systems with speech technology
Translation systems for minority languages
Translation on the web
Machine translation systems and the semantic web
The localization industry
Conclusion
7 Translation Types Revisited
Relationships between topics and translation types
Machine translation systems
Computer-aided translation tools
Conclusion
Appendices
References
Index