Bar Hillel and Machine Translation: Then and Now
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The name of Yehoshua Bar Hillel is known to every student of machine translation. The late philosopher richly deserves this recognition: he had been a central figure in the early development of the field and contributed what should be considered the first set of sober assessments for MT at the time of the widespread gung-ho attitude to its prospects. The fame is probably due to the correctness of Bar Hillel’s forecasts of the field’s future stumbling blocks. Still, what is generally remembered of Bar Hillel’s contributions to MT is but a small fraction of his ideas and opinions on the subject.
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