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| Author: | Wray, A. (et al.) |
| Title: | A formulaic approach to translation at the post office: reading the signs |
| Journal: | Language & Communication
2004 : JAN, VOL. 24:1, p. 59-75 |
| Index terms: | Translations Languages |
| Freeterms: | Sign language |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | TESSA is an interactive translation system designed to support transactions btw. a post office clerk and a deaf customer. The system translates the clerk's speech into British Sign Language (BSL), using a specially-developed avatar (virtual human). TESSA is a context-constrained exemplification of 1 of 2 basic approaches to machine translation. Drawing on recent research in theoretical psycholinguistics, this paper shows how TESSA is a convincing prototype model of one aspect of real human language processing. |
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