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>From ben@sap-ag.de Wed Jul 21 11:42:06 1993
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 93 11:33:05  +0100
From: Ben Rockefeller <ben@sap-ag.de>
Message-Id: <9307211033.AA17376@sap-ag.de>
To: jbowyer@cis.vutbr.cs


[Note from Jeff: The Globalink Translation System demo program recently
 became available on our anonymous ftp server:

      Site:      rhino.cis.vutbr.cz (147.229.3.10)
      Directory: pub/lists/insoft-l/doc/products/globalink

 Here's the marketing information for the Globalink Translation System.]


                     Machine Translation System
                     --------------------------

The Globalink Translation System produces a rough translation to and from
English and either German, French, Russian, or Spanish.  With functions
similar to mainframe systems, this machine translation system:

- runs on PC's, Apple Macs, and SunOS 4.1.x,
- analyzes complete sentences (syntax),
- processes phrases and idioms (semantic units),

The system design is based on R&D that was originally done in the 1950's
to produce a rough translation from Russian into English.  Globalink has
transferred this design to microcomputers.  This system is not only an
electronic dictionary, but also parses sentences by parts of speech,
transfers the sentence structure to the target language, and then generates
the sentence in the target language.  The parsing and generation
algorithms are proprietary.  These algorithms have access to dictionaries
of both single words and semantic units.  There is much research in
this field today, but this design has proven itself over the years on
mainframe systems.  Thousands of these packages have been sold and are
in use.

Intended for processing volumes of technical text (at least 100-200 pages
per year), this system is useful to international organizations and
firms trying to:

- reduce time to market,
- reduce costs,
- improve communications.

Particularly for software and communications companies, this system is
useful for producing rough translations of documentation, tutorials,
brochures, release notes, and support notes.  Depending on your CPU,
you can process up to 40,000 words per hour.  Note that you still need
skilled translators to post-edit your text before publication, for
example to resolve double-meanings of words.

Most of all, the quality of the rough translation depends on the quality
of the source text and on how well you tune the dictionaries with your
specific terminology.  For optimum international readability, brief, simple
sentences with the active voice are recommended.  This writing style
improves the readability of text written in almost any language anyway.
A possible companion product for the PC version, Grammatik V, is
also recommended for measuring the average number of words per sentence
and the percentage of sentences written with the active voice.  Some
international firms, such as Xerox, have even defined a "controlled input
language" for technical writing in English, to improve readability and
translatability of technical texts.  Purveyors of similar machine
translation systems have done research and concluded that when skilled
and trained translators use a machine translation system, they can at
least double their output, for example from 8-10 pages per day to 16-20
pages per day, depending on the specific text and their training.
With markets and organizations becoming ever more international, a
machine translation system can be useful to you in reducing your time
to market, reducing your costs, and improving your service and
communications.

Founded in 1987, Globalink, Inc. is focussed on machine translation
with the objective of offering high-quality translation software for
microcomputers.  The company also offers translation services.  For
more information about Globalink and Globalink software in the US,
contact:

Steve Tatusko
International Accounts Manager
Globalink, Inc.
9302 Lee Highway, 12th Floor
Fairfax, VA  22031
USA
+1 (703) 273-5600 x106 - voice
+1 (703) 273-3866      - fax

In continental Europe, Software and Services International offers
services for Globalink software, including evaluation assistance,
installation, on-site training, technical support, and integration
consulting (OCR's and publishing systems).  We also offer contract
technical documentation services.  For more information about these
services and Globalink software in continental Europe, contact:

Ben Rockefeller
Software and Services International
Kurfuerstenanlage 61
D-69115  Heidelberg
Federal Republic of Germany
+49 (6221) 16 43 68 - voice
+49 (6227) 34 32 31 - voice
+49 (6227) 34 17 18 - fax
ben@sap-ag.de - e-mail message only

Note that SAP AG is merely providing the mailbox and is neither
distributing nor endorsing this product and services.

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