8. Why translation is difficult for computers

Arnold, Doug

doi:10.1075/btl.35.11arn

In:Computers and Translation: A translator's guide
Edited by Harold Somers
[Benjamins Translation Library 35] 2003
► pp. 119–142

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8. Why translation is difficult for computers

Doug Arnold | University of Essex,Colchester,England

Published online: 28 May 2003

https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.35.11arn

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