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'''Pivot translation''' is translation from one language to another through an intermediate (or pivot) language. For example if you have language pairs for ''a → c'' and ''c → b'', you could make a pivot translation between ''a → b'' through ''c''.
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==See also==
 
==See also==
   

Revision as of 19:37, 3 May 2008

Pivot translation is translation from one language to another through an intermediate (or pivot) language. For example if you have language pairs for a → c and c → b, you could make a pivot translation between a → b through c.

See also

Further reading

  • J. Hajič, P. Homola, and V. Kuboň. (2003) "A simple multilingual machine translation system". Proceedings of the MT Summit IX, New Orleans, 2003
  • B. Babych, A. Hartley, & S. Sharoff (2007) "Translating from under-resourced languages: comparing direct transfer against pivot translation". Proceedings of the MT Summit XI, 10-14 September 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark. pp. 29--35