LE3 .A278 2005

2005

Muldner, Tomasz

Acadia University

Bachelor of Computer Science

Honours

Computer Science

Computer Science

In this thesis, we look into computer-aided translation, focusing on implementing a prototype for a context-aware translation memory, which stores previous translations while maintaining their contexts. First, we define the goals for our prototype, putting down our assumptions and defining its scope. We then look into the related research regarding machine translation and translation memories, discussing the advantages and disadvantages of the latter, in addition to looking at two translation memory applications. Next, we describe the technologies that we used in our prototype and explain the reasons for choosing them. We then describe the functionality and workflow of our prototype and proceed to detail its design, implementation, and usage specifics. We also provide screen captures of our prototype. Finally, we discuss the limitations of our prototype and our perception of its future enhancements. Although the functionality of our prototype proves to be limited, it nevertheless addresses vital issues in computer-aided translation while leaving other practical details for future extensions. Thus, it serves its purpose by providing the foundations for future research.

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