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Subject: Machine translation and the role of human translators
Excerpt: This archived discussion considered whether machine translation could surpass human work.
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This archived discussion considered whether machine translation could surpass human work. Its central issue was the difference between generating a plausible sentence and understanding the purpose, context and consequences of the text.
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