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Computational Linguistics

Processing, evaluating, archiving

Computational linguistics serves to combine the use or processing of human speech and language with all aspects of computer-based processing, evaluation and archiving.

 

The IUED’s Centre for Computational Linguistics is responsible for teaching and research in the fields of computational linguistics and information technology.

Computational linguistics and translation

Why should future multilingual communications specialists acquire knowledge of computational linguistics?

The computer can be expected to assume ever greater prominence in our working lives. Basic IT and electronic communications skills are already regarded as essential qualifications for many job-seekers today. A number computer-assisted applications are currently being used and developed specifically for translators and interpreters. Examples include:

  • Respeaking (Real-time subtitling) and Audiodesription
  • Multilingual electronic dictionaries and terminology databases
  • Multilingual text databases
  • Electronically managed and generated translation corpora (alignments)
  • Working environments for translators, including computer-aided translation (CAT), often used in conjunction with machine translation (MT)