Complete Definition of "machine translation"

English

Noun
machine translation

  1. The act of translate|translating something by means of a machine, especially a computer.
  2. The act of translating a computer language into a form more directly usable by the computer.

Related terms
machine translator
mechanical translation obsolete
machine-aided translation (partial synonym)
computer assisted translation (partial synonym)
MT abbreviation
automatic translation (mostly used by non-native speakers)

Translations
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Basque: itzulpengintza automatikoa
Bulgarian: комп����ен п�евод (kompjút�ren prevód) m
Chinese: ��翻譯, ��翻� (jīqi f�nyì)
Croatian: strojno prevo�enje n
Czech: strojový p�eklad m
Danish: maskinoversættelse g|Danish
Dutch: machinevertaling f, computervertaling f
Esperanto: ma�intradukado
Finnish: konekääntäminen (1), koneellinen kääntäminen (1), konekielelle kääntäminen (2)
French: traduction automatique f
German: maschinelle �bersetzung f
Hebrew: תר��� ���נ� (tirgúm mekóna) m
Hungarian: gépi fordítás
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Japanese: �械翻訳 (�������, kikai hon�yaku)
Korean: 기��� (gigebeonyeok), 기� �� (gige beonyeok)
Malay: terjemahan mesin
Norwegian: maskinoversettelse m
Persian: FAchar|ترج�� �اش��� (tarjeme mašini)
Polish: t�umaczenie maszynowe n
Portuguese: tradução automática f
Romanian: traducere automat� f
Russian: ма�инн�й пе�евод (mašínnyj perevód) m
Spanish: traducción automática f
Swedish: maskinöversättning c
Telugu: యా�త�రి� �న�వాద� (yaamtrika anuvaadam)
Thai: THchar|�าร��ลภาษาอั���มั�ิ (gaan bplae paas�a àtdtàn�mát)
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See also
w:Machine translation|Wikipedia article about Machine translation
m:Wikipedia Machine Translation Project|Wikipedia Machine Translation Project

Dictionary notes
American Heritage Dictionary (via answers.com), Collins Word Exchange, and MSN Encarta Dictionary have an entry for machine translation. Merriam-Webster Online does not.

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