中文大學校刊 一九七八年春‧夏

比較文學與翻譯中心� 一九七一年成立的翻譯中心經於本年初改� 組爲比較文學與翻譯中心，其下分設兩個小� 組： ㈠ 比較文學組， ㈡ 翻譯組。� 比較文學組的主要目標在於研究中國文學� 理論，並根據中國文學的觀點，對中外 進� 行比較研究，以補充西方比較文學者的成就，� 把中國的理論和方法擴大爲世界性而非局限於� 本國或地區性 槪念化知識。研究計劃包括：� ㈠ 編纂中國文學批評語彙參考書� ㈡ 編纂比較文學研究手册：內容包括詞語、� 書目、引文� ㈢ 中譯西方文學理論書籍� 翻譯組將繼續前翻譯中心的計劃，其中包� 括：仍以社會科學和人文學科爲主的英譯中工� 作；與各學系合作編譯社會科學及自然科學的� 詞彙；出版中譯英期刊「譯叢」和「譯叢叢� 書」。已出版的「譯叢叢書」有兩種：「中國� 古典詩寶藏」(唐安石)、「藝術的詮釋」，� 即將付印的有：� 夏志淸、高克毅合編：「元雜劇選」� 劉師舜：「唐宋八大家文選」� 此外，一項新的編印「譯叢參考資料」計� 劃已在着手進行，現正籌備出版「中國成語詞� 典」的英譯。� 机器翻译文献目錄 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MACHINE TRANSLATION Compiled by: Loh Shiu-chang Hung Hing-sum Kong Luan Hu Yung-chi Hung On- to Research Centre For Machine Translation FOREWORD AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION OF NATURAL LANGUAGES BY MACHINE HAS BEEN GOING FOR NEARLY THREE DECADES, THE ELECTRONIC COMPUTER PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN IT. IN FACT MANY RESEACHER IN THE LATE FIFTIES AND EARLY SIXTIES HOPED THAT THE COMPUTER COULD SOLVE ALL THEIR MACHINE TRANSLATION PROBLEMS. PROMISES WERE MADE BUT HERE NEVER DELIVERED. IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE 1967 ALPAC REPORT THAT MOST, IF NOT ALL, MACHINE TRANSLATION PROJECTS WERE ABANDONED. THERE HAS BEEN A REVIVAL OF MACHINE TRANSLATION SINCE THE REPORTWAS MADE PUBLIC. RAPID TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT IN COMPUTER DESIGN AND APPLICATION HAS BROUGHT NEW HOPE TO AUTOMATIC MACHINE TRANSLATION. SHOULD THE LANGUAGE BARRIER BE BROKEN BETWEEN NATIONS. IT WILL CERTAINLY PROMOTE CROSS CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND FACILITATE INTERNATIONAL TRADE. THE NEEDS FOR AUTOMATIC MACHINE TRANSLATION OF NATURAL LANGUAGES HAVE COMPELLED THE EDITORS OF THIS VOLUME TO COMPILE A BIBLIOGRAPHY ON MACHINE TRANSLATION AND CLOSELY RELATED DOCUMENTS CONTRIBUTED THROUGH THE YEARS BY NUMEROUS RESEARCHERS AND SCHOLARS WORLD-WIDE. THE SOURCES OF INFORMATION FOR THI S VOLUME COME FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE EDITORS AS WELL AS FROM THE SPECIALIST GROUP O N MACHINE TRANSLATION OF THE BRITISH COMPUTER SOCIETY WHOSE ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN INVALUABLE. THE SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF MISSMAXINE MACCAFFERTY AND MANY OTHERS ARE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGEC. LOM SHIU-CHANG OCTOBER, 1978 26