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Language independent evaluation of translation style and consistency: comparing human and machine translations of Camus’ novel “The Stranger”

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Language independent evaluation of translation style and consistency: comparing human and machine translations of Camus’ novel “The Stranger”. / El-Haj, Mahmoud; Rayson, Paul; Hall, David.
Text, speech and dialogue: 17th International Conference, TSD 2014, Brno, Czech Republic, September 8-12, 2014. Proceedings. ed. / Petr Sojka; Aleš Horák; Ivan Kopecek; Karel Pala. Springer International Publishing, 2014. p. 116-124 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8655).

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El-Haj, M, Rayson, P & Hall, D 2014, Language independent evaluation of translation style and consistency: comparing human and machine translations of Camus’ novel “The Stranger”. in P Sojka, A Horák, I Kopecek & K Pala (eds), Text, speech and dialogue: 17th International Conference, TSD 2014, Brno, Czech Republic, September 8-12, 2014. Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 8655, Springer International Publishing, pp. 116-124. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10816-2_15

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El-Haj, M., Rayson, P., & Hall, D. (2014). Language independent evaluation of translation style and consistency: comparing human and machine translations of Camus’ novel “The Stranger”. In P. Sojka, A. Horák, I. Kopecek, & K. Pala (Eds.), Text, speech and dialogue: 17th International Conference, TSD 2014, Brno, Czech Republic, September 8-12, 2014. Proceedings (pp. 116-124). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8655). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10816-2_15

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El-Haj M, Rayson P, Hall D. Language independent evaluation of translation style and consistency: comparing human and machine translations of Camus’ novel “The Stranger”. In Sojka P, Horák A, Kopecek I, Pala K, editors, Text, speech and dialogue: 17th International Conference, TSD 2014, Brno, Czech Republic, September 8-12, 2014. Proceedings. Springer International Publishing. 2014. p. 116-124. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-10816-2_15

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El-Haj, Mahmoud ; Rayson, Paul ; Hall, David. / Language independent evaluation of translation style and consistency : comparing human and machine translations of Camus’ novel “The Stranger”. Text, speech and dialogue: 17th International Conference, TSD 2014, Brno, Czech Republic, September 8-12, 2014. Proceedings. editor / Petr Sojka ; Aleš Horák ; Ivan Kopecek ; Karel Pala. Springer International Publishing, 2014. pp. 116-124 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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