Multilingual Translation Techniques in the Analysis of Narrative Medical Text - moore 1986

Scientific and medical document computer translation is controversial. This article describes a minicomputer-based translation system (TRANSOFT) that rearranges words before word-for-word translation and context-based ambiguity resolution. This system translated a German medical textbook and short texts in French, Italian, Spanish, and Turkish. Results show TRANSOFT's adaptability for translation challenges. As more foreign language medical documentation and records become computer-readable through word processing, digital typesetting, and hospital information systems, computer translation methods may provide a fast and economical way to obtain draft translations.

Moore GW, Polacsek RA, Erozan YS, de la Monte SM, Miller RE, Hutchins GM, Riede UN. Multilingual translation techniques in the analysis of narrative medical text. Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 1986 Mar;22(1):35-42. doi: 10.1016/0169-2607(86)90091-x. PMID: 3634670.