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machine translation

The translation of human language from one language to another by a computer a branch of artificial intelligence...


Translation

Translation, the removal from one place to another; the removal of a bishop to another diocese....


interlingua

A language used as an intermediate language in translating from a source language to a target language used especially in machine translation by computers as some machine translation systems use Esperanto as an interlingua...


Metaphrase

A verbal translation a version or translation from one language into another word for word a literal translation opposed to paraphrase...


court interpreter

court interpreter a court employee who orally translates what is said in court from English into the language of a non-English-speaking party or witness and translates that person's testimony into English. Source: Federal Judicial Center ...


frameshift

of pertaining to or causing a type of mutation consisting of the insertion or deletion of one or more nucleotides in the nucleic acid structure of a gene when the number of base pairs inserted or deleted is not a multiple of three If the addition or deletion occurs in multiples of three the unaffected nucleotides in the genome remain in the proper order frame to be correctly translated into protein in such cases of insertions or deletions not causing a frame shift a functional though altered protein may be produced by the organism Frameshift mutations cause more profound changes in the composition of the protein resulting from translation of the mutated gene...


Interpreter

One who or that which interprets explains or expounds a translator especially a person who translates orally between two parties...


Retranslate

To translate anew especially to translate back into the original language...


Author

Author. This word has not been defined by statute, though the Copyright Act, 1911, says [s. 24 (2)], that for the purposes of that section the word shall include the personal representatives of a deceased author. A translator of a literary work is the 'author' of his translation, Byrne v. Statist Co., (1914) 1 KB 622. As to who is the 'author' of the report of a speech, see Walter v. Lane, 1900 AC 539. The agreement between an author and his publisher is a personal one and is not assignable, Griffith v. Tower Publishing Co., (1897) 1 Ch 21. See Nisbet & Co. v. Golf Agency, (1907) 23 TLR 370, and Evans v. Hulton & Co., (1924) 121 LT 534.Means-(i) in relation to a literary or dramatic work, the author of the work; (ii) in relation to a musical work, the composer; (iii) in relation to an artistic work other than a photograph, the artist; (iv) in relation to a photograph, the person taking the photograph; (v) in relation to a cinematograph film or sound recording, the producer; and (vi) in...


Avyavaharik debt

Avyavaharik debt, this term has been variously translated as being that which is not lawful or what is not just of what is not admissible under the law or under normal conditions. Colebrooke translated it as 'a debt for a cause repugnant to good morals', S.M. Jakati v. S. M. Borkar, AIR 1959 SC 282 (286): 1959 SCR 1384; See also Luhar Amrit Lal Nagji v. Doshi Jayantilal, AIR 1960 SC 964: (1960) 3 SCR 842....


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