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This makes a lot of sense to me.
Translation software that develops an understanding of languages by scanning through thousands of previously translated documents has been released by US researchers.The translated documents used to teach the translation algorithms can be electronic, on paper, or even audio files. Knight says the system is not only faster than other methods, but also better suited to tackling less common languages and the unusual vocabulary found in specialized or technical texts.
Why program different languages, when the software can just learn. My Antispam software, SpamBayes, does that. I tell it which emails are good and which ones aren't and it figures out which one to filter out. Out of 300 plus spams I get a day, I actually see about three.
Posted by Ted at February 23, 2005 9:36 PM