Editorial Snapshot: To err is computers: Why machine translation cannot catch up to human translators
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- Published: 2017/01/31
While machine translation may sometimes be able to provide a gist translation, it almost invariably generates low-quality translations with major flaws in terms of accuracy and readability. Why is it that, in an age in which cars can drive themselves, robots can perform neurosurgery, and computer software can beat shogi masters, and after many decades of research and development, computers still fail to capably render text between different languages?