ABSTRACT
The history of translation technology, or more specifi cally computer-aided translation (CAT), is short, but its development has been fast (Chan 2015: 3). It is generally recognized that the failure of machine translation in the 1960s as a result of the infamous ALPAC report (1966) led to the emergence of computer-aided translation. The development of computer-aided translation in the course of the last forty-seven years, from its beginning in 1967 to 2014, can be divided into four periods. The fi rst period, which goes from 1967 to 1983, is a period of germination. The second period, covering the years between 1984 and 1992, is a period of steady growth. The third period, from 1993 to 2002, is a decade of rapid growth. The last period, which extends from 2003 to 2014, is a period of global development.
