machine translation
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English
Pronunciation
Noun
machine translation (countable and uncountable, plural machine translations)
- (translation studies) The act of translating something from one language to another by means of a machine, especially a computer.
- (computing, programming) The production of instructions in a computer language that are equal in meaning to that in another language.
Derived terms
Related terms
- automatic translation (mostly used by non-native speakers)
- computer assisted translation (partial synonym)
- machine-aided translation (partial synonym)
- machine translator
- mechanical translation (obsolete)
- MTL
- MT
Translations
act of translating something by means of a machine
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act of translating a computer language
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