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4.1. ADVANTAGES OF MACHINE TRANSLATION
Modularity has changed as MT systems have developed. In transfer systems, lexical
and structural transfer were sometimes separated. In many direct translation systems,
analysis, transfer and generation are often mixed together and were not clearly distinct.
As the area has matured, modularity has become an important aspect of MT systems,
allowing different aspects to be developed independently.
4.1 Advantages of machine translation
Some of the advantages of machine translations are as follows:
• Machine translation is quicker than human translation.
• It ensures consistency. There is no concern that a translator might take too much
creative license with a translation or forget how a particular word was translated in
earlier pages. MT will translate a particular word in the same way. However, the
downside is that will exhibit the same errors over and over again.
• It gives a neutral approach to translation without introducing bias, which can happen
with human translators.
• Machine translation is considerably cheaper. It is a one time cost; the cost of the
tool and its installation.
4.2 Computational techniques in MT
Computational processing allows for the analysis and processing of large amounts of
data. Before looking at the computational aspects of MT, we introduce some basic con-
cepts. Machine translation can take advantage of one of the basic concepts in computing.
Since data and programs are separate, it is possible to build a program that functions with
different types of data. In the case of MT, this means that the algorithms for translation,
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