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.

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machine translation British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of machine translation

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

However, thanks in part to the internet and machine translation software such as Google Translate, it’s easier than ever to learn about other languages and cultures and enjoy foreign movies and other forms of entertainment.

From The Verge

“The tasks being pursued span from predicting the sentiment of a single sentence to more complex tasks such as machine translation and dialogue systems.”

From Scientific American

One of the main problems with relying on machine translation is that it can’t account for context, Diamond says.

From The Verge

Next, the text is converted using neural machine translation into the text of the other language, and finally text-to-speech voice modulation articulates the other language.

From New York Times

The CM Translator is powered by AI technology from Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services, including machine translation and neural text-to-speech capabilities, as well as Automatic Speech Recognition from AI research firm OrionStar.

From Seattle Times