machine translation

Other forms: machine translations

Definitions of machine translation
  1. noun
    the use of computers to translate from one language to another
    synonyms: MT
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    type of:
    AI, artificial intelligence
    the branch of computer science that deals with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively
    computational linguistics
    the use of computers for linguistic research and applications
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