Japanese to English Machine Translation: Report of a Symposium (1990)

Summary: At the request of the US Department of Commerce, the Office of Japan Affairs and the Computer Science and Technology Board of the National Research Council convened a Symposium on Japanese to English Machine Translation on December 7, 1989. The symposium was planned to provide a forum where participants from the private sector and other interested parties could discuss the current state of Japanese to English machine translation, market prospects, and user needs, as well as R&D policy options. Recognizing the potential contribution that machine translation and related technologies can make to the operation of companies doing business around the world, to researchers and policymakers who need to know about developments in Japanese science and technology, and to translators whose work could be augmented by the use of machine aids, the symposium was organized to share information and stimulate thinking about how machine translation and related technologies might address the needs of users in the US.