Noun

1. The act of translating something by means of a machine, especially a computer.
2. The act of translating a computer language into a form more directly usable by the computer.

Related terms

• automatic translation (mostly used by non-native speakers)
• computer assisted translation (partial synonym)
• machine-aided translation (partial synonym)
• machine translator
• mechanical translation
• MT

See also

• Wikipedia article about Machine translation
• Wikipedia Machine Translation Project

Dictionary notes

• American Heritage Dictionary (via answers.com), Collins Word Exchange, and MSN Encarta Dictionary have an entry for machine translation. Merriam-Webster Online does not.