Hierarchical Phrase-based Translation
Hierarchical phrase-based translation combines the strengths of phrase-based and syntax-based translation. It uses phrases (segments or blocks of words) as units for translation and uses synchronous context-free grammars as rules(syntax-based translation). Chiang et al. (2005) introduces Hiero as an example for this idea.
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—Shoshana Zuboff (b. 1951)
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—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 27:6.
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