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Machine translation in language learning and teaching
Machine translation in language learning and teaching

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F

false friend

Two words that look similar in two different languages but have different meanings.


H

homophone

Two words that sound exactly the same in one language but have different meaning.


L

literal translation

Translating word by word rather than the meaning of an entire phrase or sentence.


N

neural machine translation

A data-driven and machine learning (neural networks) approach to automated translation.


S

source language

In translation: the language used in the original text, to be translated into the target language.


T

target language

A language the learner intends to learn or a translator intends to translate into.