Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

machine translation

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English

Syllables
ma-chine -trans-la-tion
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of translating something from one language to another by means of a machine, especially a computer.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The production of instructions in a computer language that are equal in meaning to that in another language.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

machine translations (plural)

Phrases

interlingual machine translation machine-translate automatic translation computer assisted translation machine-aided translation machine translator mechanical translation

Frequently Paired Words

automatic translation computer assisted translation machine-aided translation machine translator mechanical translation MT MTL

Synonyms

mt

Questions

What does machine translation mean?
The act of translating something from one language to another by means of a machine, especially a computer.

How to pronounce machine translation

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