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Table 7.15: Test : Intransitive 2<br />

<strong>Arabic</strong> s. hyb yqr֓a kt ¯ yrā<br />

human-translated Suhaib reads a lot.<br />

Google Souhaib read a lot<br />

Microsoft suhaib reads much<br />

UniArab Suhaib reads a lot.<br />

7.2. SENTENCE TESTS<br />

Table 7.15 shows an example of an intransitive with an adverb. The output of the Google<br />

transla<strong>to</strong>r has given the wrong tense. Microsoft’s and UniArab transla<strong>to</strong>rs are both suc-<br />

cessful. Both systems are translate the sentence in its entirety, though the Microsoft<br />

output is more <strong>for</strong>mal. Figure 7.16 shows this sentence output in the UniArab system.<br />

Figure 7.16: Intransitive with an adverb<br />

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