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110 Marie-Josée de Saint Robertpresent-day translation systems propagate rigidity and, as a lurking consequence,poverty of style and vocabulary. For Fernando Peral (2002), a former translator atthe International Labour Organisation:The main operational problems of ‘semi-automatic’ translation [i.e., translationwith the help of translation memory systems] are linked to the quality of the outputand to a process of ‘de-training’ of the translator, who becomes less and lessused to the mental process of searching for proper solutions in terms of functionalequivalence and relies more and more on the machine’s decisions, whichinevitably affects professional development and job satisfaction.Another type of resistance to terminology standardisation comes from the fact thatdocument drafters do not consult the United Nations terminology database whenthey refer to organisations, legal instruments or political, judicial and administrativeentities. They tend to coin their own translated denominations that areone-time free renderings with no official status. Denominations specific to MemberStates fall into that category as Member States do not adopt names for theirofficial nomenclature in all the six languages of the United Nations. 22.1.3 Semantic adequacyLiteral translation may lead to semantic impropriety. The correct rendering inFrench of the English phrase (7) is not (8) but (9):(7) abusive sexual practices that may affect very young girls(8) pratiques sexuelles abusives qui peuvent affecter les très jeunes filles(9) pratiques sexuelles dont peuvent être victimes les très jeunes fillesThe sentence in (8) is incorrect from the semantic point of view 3 but is grammaticallycorrect. Maybe more accurate information on what CAT systems dois needed. In language contact situations communication may suffer from literaltranslation that also lead to semantic inappropriateness. In sentences (11) and (14)the message contained in sentences (10) and (13) is lost in English as the translatorrendered slavishly into English the original French text. The revised versions aregiven in (12) and (15): 4(10) Les ressortissants d’Etats tiers qui résident légalement en Belgique et qui sontdans une situation transfrontalière sont également visés2. Official languages of the United Nations are: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian andSpanish.3. Sentence (8) suggests that sexual practices are divided into two categories: abusive and nonabusive,but this dichotomy is not applicable to very young girls.4. Examples discussed in Hobbs (2008).