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This paper tackles some of the problems encountered while developing the French-English version of the Siemens-Nixdorf METAL® computer-assisted translation system. The first part deals with the general problem of delimiting lexical units and the second part describes a few concrete translation problems and the solutions that have been adopted in this experimental transfer-based system. The role and importance of the lexicons is stressed, focussing more specifically on the possibility the lexicographer is given to manipulate complex structures and to control the translation process directly.
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This paper is a slightly revised adaptation of a French version which appears under the title “L'unité lexicale dans le système de traduction assistée par ordinateur METAL”, in Bouillon & Clas (eds)La Traductique, Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal, AUPELF/UREF, Collection “Universités Francophones”, pp. 364–376. We gratefully acknowledge the editors' permission to use this material here.
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Fontenelle, T., Adriaens, G. & de Braekeleer, G. The lexical unit in the metal® MT system. Mach Translat 9, 1–19 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00980197
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