Machine Translation: Problems and Prospects
The article is devoted to modern machine translation systems. Today it is impossible to overestimate the significance and prospects of the machine-aided translation due to the rising demand for translations that is intensified by an existing lack of translators for numerous specialized fields and particular language combinations. The author reveals the essence of the work of modern machine translation systems of three types: rule-base, statistical and hybrid, and describes their main characteristics as well as advantages and disadvantages.