The Evolution of Machine Translation: A Review Study

Authors : Hanımnur Mercan, Yaşar Akgün, Mehmet Cem Odacıoğlu

Pages : 104-116

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Publication Date : 2024-06-27

Article Type : Review Paper

Abstract :In the era of globalization, where an increased need for communication emerges day by day, translation is of vital importance to establish communication among various cultures. Accordingly, there is an increasing demand for translation which also means a burden on translators. With a skyrocketing amount of business and commercial-related translation tasks, the volumes of translation projects have increased to the same extent. Situated in a position where the translators are obliged to terminate the designated project in much more time-restricted schedules, new alternatives brought about by the improvement of technology have happened to be implemented into the translation field. Within this scope, machine translation (MT) and computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools, regarded as the current issues in translation studies, cushion this burden of translation on translators by making the translation process automated and easier, which reveals their significant role in shaping the future of this field. It is also worth mentioning that MT has obtained this prevalence only after many challenges. This situation has created a massive shift in translation studies. However much it affects the field of translation, machine translation still has unexplained ethical issues due to its shared data policy. Each interaction with the system is stored in its database and can be reused by any other users. Considering those, this paper scrutinizes the historical evolution of machine translation as well as its discussion from the ethical aspect.
Keywords : Çeviribilim, Makine Çevirisi MT, MT Tarihi, Bilgisayar Destekli Çeviri BDÇ Araçları, MT Etiği