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This paper reports on a series of experiments which aim at integratingExample-based Machine Translation and Translation Memories with Rule-based Machine Translation. We start by examining the potentials of each MT paradigm in terms of system-internal and system-external parameters. Whereas the system-external parameters include the expected translation quality and translation coverage, system-internal parameters relate to adaptability and recall of translation units. We prefer a dynamic linkage of different MT paradigms where the sharing of labor amongst the modules involved, such as segmentation andsegment translation, is decided dynamically during runtime. We motivatethe communication of linguistically rich data structures between thedifferent components in a hybrid system and show that this linkage leadsto better translation results and improves the customization possibilitiesof the system.
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Carl, M., Pease, C., Iomdin, L.L. et al. Towards a Dynamic Linkage of Example-based and Rule-based Machine Translation. Machine Translation 15, 223–257 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011663225529
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