Representational Issues within Eurotra

Machine translation of subordinate clauses, whether finite or non-finite, poses a series of problems within representational issues. In £ U R O T R A this subject has recently been investigated for complements as well as for modifiers to verbal, nominal, adjectival, and prepositioned heads. Some of the problems encountered during these investigations will be addressed in this paper, with a particular focus on the representation of finite and non-finite modifiers. The claim is made that neutralization of surface differences is necessary. This neutralization of the surface structure is shown to be a prerequisite to simple transfer. The concept of simple transfer is briefly introduced. Various example representations are shown and discussed.