English

Noun

machine translation ‎(plural machine translations)

1. (translation studies) The act of translating something from one language to another by means of a machine, especially a computer.
2. (computing, programming) The act of translating a computer language into a form more directly usable by the computer.

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

See also

• Wikipedia article about Machine translation
• Wikipedia Machine Translation Project