machine translation

Software-powered language conversion

Machine translation is the use of software to convert text from one language to another automatically, without human intervention.

The technology ranges from simple word-by-word substitution to sophisticated neural networks that capture idiom and context.

Google Translate is the most widely used machine translation service.

The results have improved dramatically but still struggle with nuance, humor, and literary style.

Opposites
agent of translation

machine translationhuman translation

Text converted by people

literary translation · translator · interpreter

translation quality/approach

machine translationliterary translation

Text converted between languages

transcreation · cultural adaptation · free translation

automation vs. manual process

machine translationmanual labor

Work done bodily

craft work

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Rated G