口语机器翻译

导读PrefaceAcknowledgements 1 IntroductionPart 1 Language Processing and Corpora 2 Translation Using the Core Language Engine 3 Grammar Specialisation 4 Choosing among Interpretations 5 The TreeBanker 6 Acquisition of Lexical Entries 7 Spelling and Morphology 8 Corpora and Data CollectionPart 2 Linguistic Coverage 9 English Coverage 10 French Coverage

导读PrefaceAcknowledgements 1 IntroductionPart 1 Language Processing and Corpora 2 Translation Using the Core Language Engine 3 Grammar Specialisation 4 Choosing among Interpretations 5 The TreeBanker 6 Acquisition of Lexical Entries 7 Spelling and Morphology 8 Corpora and Data CollectionPart 2 Linguistic Coverage 9 English Coverage 10 French Coverage 11 Swedish Coverage 12 Transfer Coverage 13 Rational Reuse of Linguistic DataPart 3 Speech Processing 14 Speech Recognition 15 Acoustic Modelling 16 Language Modelling for Multilingual Speech Translation 17 Porting a Recogniser to a New Language 18 Multiple Dialects and Languages 19 Common Speech/Language IssuePart 4 Evaluation and Conclusions 20 Evaluation 21 ConclusionsReferencesIndex

口语翻译(Spoken Language Translation, SLT)是指让计算机实现从一种语言的语音到另一种语言的语音自动翻译的过程。其理想目标是，让计算机像人一样充当持不同语言的说话人之间的翻译角色。会议演讲、交谈(通过电话、网络或面对面)、广播等场景下的话语翻译都是口语翻译应用的重要领域。由于多数情况下说话人的话语都以口语风格为主，人们尤其希望翻译系统可以接受并实现任意口语化的、自由交谈式的对话语音直接翻译。本书全面、系统地介绍了SLT项目研究的主要成果，内容包括语言处理与语料收集、语言覆盖性、语音处理和系统评估等各个方面，其中语言处理部分是本书的主要内容。