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Semantic textual similarity based on deep learning: Can it improve matching and retrieval for Translation Memory tools?

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Semantic textual similarity based on deep learning: Can it improve matching and retrieval for Translation Memory tools? / Ranasinghe, Tharindu; Mitkov, Ruslan; Orasan, Constantin et al.
Corpora in Translation and Contrastive Research in the Digital Age: Recent advances and explorations. ed. / Julia Lavid-Lopez; Carmen Maiz-Arevalo; Juan Rafael Zamorano-Mansilla. John Benjamins, 2021. p. 101-124 (Benjamins Translation Library; Vol. 158).

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Ranasinghe, T, Mitkov, R, Orasan, C & Quintana, RC 2021, Semantic textual similarity based on deep learning: Can it improve matching and retrieval for Translation Memory tools? in J Lavid-Lopez, C Maiz-Arevalo & JR Zamorano-Mansilla (eds), Corpora in Translation and Contrastive Research in the Digital Age: Recent advances and explorations. Benjamins Translation Library, vol. 158, John Benjamins, pp. 101-124. https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.158.04ran

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Ranasinghe, T., Mitkov, R., Orasan, C., & Quintana, R. C. (2021). Semantic textual similarity based on deep learning: Can it improve matching and retrieval for Translation Memory tools? In J. Lavid-Lopez, C. Maiz-Arevalo, & J. R. Zamorano-Mansilla (Eds.), Corpora in Translation and Contrastive Research in the Digital Age: Recent advances and explorations (pp. 101-124). (Benjamins Translation Library; Vol. 158). John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.158.04ran

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Ranasinghe T, Mitkov R, Orasan C, Quintana RC. Semantic textual similarity based on deep learning: Can it improve matching and retrieval for Translation Memory tools? In Lavid-Lopez J, Maiz-Arevalo C, Zamorano-Mansilla JR, editors, Corpora in Translation and Contrastive Research in the Digital Age: Recent advances and explorations. John Benjamins. 2021. p. 101-124. (Benjamins Translation Library). doi: 10.1075/btl.158.04ran

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Ranasinghe, Tharindu ; Mitkov, Ruslan ; Orasan, Constantin et al. / Semantic textual similarity based on deep learning: Can it improve matching and retrieval for Translation Memory tools?. Corpora in Translation and Contrastive Research in the Digital Age: Recent advances and explorations. editor / Julia Lavid-Lopez ; Carmen Maiz-Arevalo ; Juan Rafael Zamorano-Mansilla. John Benjamins, 2021. pp. 101-124 (Benjamins Translation Library).

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