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What is the difference between machine translation and human translation ?

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Question added by مارى منير كامل شنودة , English teacher for kids / management , El shahida Dimiana Church Nursery
Date Posted: 2014/04/01
Nermine Ahmed Muhammed Kamel
by Nermine Ahmed Muhammed Kamel , Marketing Manager , Digital Edge LED Screens

I find the main difference between human and machine translation to be the meaning delivered.

While MT focuses mainly on langauge, HT gives a priority to meaning which delivers the right content.

Shaimaa Saied
by Shaimaa Saied , Commissioning Editor , Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Dear Mary,

I really apologize for the late reply. Actually, there is a big difference between them. The Machine Translate is a systematic translation. it does not have any thing to do with the sense of the sentence like for example: if u wanted to translate a thing like this : صالح عام   you can translate it as being "General Affair" while the Machine will translate it as "Saleh Swam", unless you put some clues to the machine in order to translate it correctly.

 

While the Human Traslation is100 % correct. you can read, understand, and translate the meaning without any ambiguity like what the machine translation does.

 

Hope u can get the difference, have a nice day.

Furat Al-Samaraie
by Furat Al-Samaraie , Translator , UAE Armed Forces

First, you have to find humans to do the translation.

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