Machine Translation in a Multilingual Electronic Meeting

Authors

Milam Aiken, University of Mississippi
Mina Park, Northern State University

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Electronic meetings can be more efficient and effective than traditional, oral discussions, but until only recently, groups with no common language could not benefit from machine translation. Although it is possible for linguists or other staff members using machines to translate comments during a multilingual discussion, the research presented here shows that this is not feasible for large groups speaking many languages. As a solution, we propose a fully automated multilingual meeting system, and an example of its use in a meeting with Chinese, Korean, and English comments shows its potential to reduce multinational communication barriers.

Recommended Citation

Aiken, Milam and Park, Mina (2009) "Machine Translation in a Multilingual Electronic Meeting," Journal of International Technology and Information Management: Vol. 18: Iss. 3, Article 7.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58729/1941-6679.1132
Available at: https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/jitim/vol18/iss3/7