machine translation

[ muh-sheen trans-ley-shuhn, tranz‐ ]

noun

, Digital Technology.

1. the process of translating text or speech from one natural language to another by means of a computer.
2. a translation produced by a computer:

   software for accurate machine translations.

machine translation

noun

1. the production of text in one natural language from that in another by means of computer procedures

Word History and Origins

Origin of machine translation¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

The Washington Times used machine translation for quotes in this report.

From Washington Times

The Vatican released an Italian language edition, and The Washington Times used a machine translation as the source for quotations.

From Washington Times

Modern AI systems—such as language models, machine translation programs or image-generating algorithms—are constructed from neural networks.

From Scientific American

And machine translation has largely taken the place of people who had to listen to the tapes and transcribe them.

From Seattle Times

She said they should use a machine translation and send the text in both English and Russian to get it more easily past the prison censor.

From Reuters