ABSTRACT
In example-based machine translation, transfer takes place through templates that are learned from data. Application of explicit transfer rules is the defining characteristic of transfer-based machine translation. Transfer rules are also said to form transfer grammar because of their resemblance to rewrite rules. Transfer rules are typically structure transforming rules. They need to be applied between a pair of languages on the way to their translation, when the several languages differ in structure. Since interlingual representation demands full disambiguation, the A-stage is a full natural language analysis problem. The target language generation process consists of three main stages: morphological generation of lexical words, function words insertion, and syntax planning. An interlingua is a language that has constructs enabling it to represent meaning of text unambiguously. Universal Networking Language is an interlingua that was proposed in 1996 by the United Nations University to access, transfer, and process information on the Internet in the natural languages of the world.
