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A first-pass approach for evaluating machine translation systems

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This paper describes a short-term survey and evaluation project that covered a large number of machine translation products and research. We discuss our evaluation approach and address certain issues and implications relevant to our findings. We represented a variety of potential users of MT systems and were faced with the task of identifying which systems would best help them solve their translation problems.

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  1. Artificial Intelligence Center, Mitre Corporation, 7525 Colshire Drive, 22102, McLean, VA, USA

    Pamela W. Jordan & John W. Benoit

  2. University of Maryland UMIACS, A.V. Williams Building, 20742, College Park, MD, USA

    Bonnie J. Dorr

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Jordan, P.W., Dorr, B.J. & Benoit, J.W. A first-pass approach for evaluating machine translation systems. Mach Translat 8, 49–58 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00981242

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