The Possibility of Language: A discussion of the nature of language, with implications for human and machine translation
Alan K. Melby and Terry Warner
[Benjamins Translation Library, 14] 1995. xxvi, 276 pp.
Alan K. Melby
List of John Benjamins publications for which Alan K. Melby plays a role.
Titles
Subjects Natural language processing | Translation Studies
Linguistics and Philosophy: Festschrift for Rulon S. Wells
Edited by Adam Makkai and Alan K. Melby
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 42] 1985. xviii, 472 pp.
Subjects Theoretical linguistics
Articles
2019 A singular(ity) preoccupation: Helping translation students become language-services advisors in the age of machine translation The Evolving Curriculum in Interpreter and Translator Education: Stakeholder perspectives and voices, Sawyer, David B., Frank Austermühl and Vanessa Enríquez Raído (eds.), pp. 205–228 | Chapter
Some futurists predict that machines will soon – that is, by the time the “Singularity” arrives – replace human translators. Whether that prediction is accurate or not, translator trainers must prepare students to enter a profession in which machine translation plays an increasingly important role.… read more
2015 TBX: A terminology exchange format for the translation and localization industry Handbook of Terminology: Volume 1, Kockaert, Hendrik J. and Frieda Steurs (eds.), pp. 393–424 | Article
This chapter discusses TBX, an XML-based family of terminology exchange formats. The main purpose of an exchange format is to separate data and software, which allows for data asset protection, terminological consistency and software interoperability. Ten design requirements for any terminology… read more
2012 The Language Interoperability Portfolio (Linport) Project: Towards an Open, Nonproprietary Format for Packaging Translation Materials The Journal of Internationalization and Localization 2, pp. 21–35 | Article
ISO standards for intermodal shipping containers have dramatically improved efficiency within the shipping industry worldwide. The translation/localization industry needs an analogous standard for translation projects and tasks. There are a variety of proprietary translation formats that allow… read more
2001 8.1.5 Terminology Interchange Handbook of Terminology Management: Volume 2: Application-Oriented Terminology Management, Wright, Sue Ellen and Gerhard Budin (comps.), pp. 613–642 | Article
1994 The translator workstation Professional Issues for Translators and Interpreters, Hammond, Deanna L. (ed.), pp. 127 ff. | Article
1988 Strategies for the sharing of lexical data bases Technology as Translation Strategy, Vasconcellos, Muriel (ed.), pp. 79 ff. | Article
1988 The ideal lexical database systems: A checklist of desirable features Technology as Translation Strategy, Vasconcellos, Muriel (ed.), pp. 97 ff. | Article
1988 Section II: The translator and … the lexical data base Technology as Translation Strategy, Vasconcellos, Muriel (ed.) | Section header
1985 Generalization and prediction of syntactic patterns in junction grammar Linguistics and Philosophy: Festschrift for Rulon S. Wells, Makkai, Adam and Alan K. Melby (eds.), pp. 253–264 | Article