From: MagerValp (MagerValp_at_cling.gu.se)
Date: 2001-01-25 01:40:52
>>>>> "MM" == Mike McCarty <jmccarty_at_ssd.usa.alcatel.com> writes:
MM> There are indeed reasonable translators which limit themselves to
MM> artificial languages. I thought we were talking about natural
MM> languages. I am aware of the canadian weather report translator.
MM> But it does not translate natural language, it translates
MM> artificial languages designed to be compatible with English and
MM> French in a narrow field.
Ah. Didn't know it used an artificial middle level.
MM> "Fruit flies like a banana."
MV>
MM> Is "flies" a noun, or a verb?
MV> Context my friend, context :)
MM> Which requires *semantic* processing, at levels which are
MM> unbelievably deep.
Yup. Guess we'll just have to sit around and wait for the next break-
through :)
MV> /Pelle, ex-computational linguist
MM> What is an ex-computation?
MM> :-)
Bah. Just because *your* puny language doesn't concatenate words when
they should. Well, either that or I just can't write properly :)
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