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This research was conducted under a subcontract to Analytics from Chase, Rosen and Wallace, Inc., with funds provided by the Office of Research and Development, Central Intelligence Agency.

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Zachary, W.W. A survey of approaches and issues in machine-aided translation systems. Comput Hum 13, 17–28 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02744989

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