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machine translation

American  
[muh-sheen trans-ley-shuhn, tranz‐] / məˈʃin trænsˌleɪ ʃən, trænz‐ /

noun

Digital Technology.
  1. the process of translating text or speech from one natural language to another by means of a computer.

  2. a translation produced by a computer.

    software for accurate machine translations.


machine translation British  

noun

  1. the production of text in one natural language from that in another by means of computer procedures

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of machine translation

First recorded in 1950–55

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Reddit is currently working to bring machine translation to Bengali and additional languages.

From MarketWatch Oct. 31, 2025

The Washington Times used machine translation for quotes in this report.

From Washington Times Nov. 9, 2023

Modern AI systems—such as language models, machine translation programs or image-generating algorithms—are constructed from neural networks.

From Scientific American Jun. 15, 2023

And machine translation has largely taken the place of people who had to listen to the tapes and transcribe them.

From Seattle Times Jan. 12, 2023

Translation technology includes translator workbench tools and machine translation.

From Multilingualism on the Web by Lebert, Marie

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