bitext
bitext noun: a merged document composed of both source- and target-language versions of a given text.
Noun
bitext (plural bitexts)
- A merged document composed of both source- and target-language versions of a given text.
- Another way of putting it is to say that a bi-text is not two texts but a single text in two dimensions, each of which is a language.1988, Brian Harris, “Bi-text, a new concept intranslation theory”, in Language Monthly, number 54, pages 8–10
- Once a bitext is available, it can be converted into a traditional translation memory, which usually involves eliminating duplicate translation units, some degree of normalization of the segments, and combining unordered sets of translation units from a number of source and target texts into an...2014, “Bitext”, in Sin-Wai Chan, editor, Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Technology, Routledge, →ISBN, page 412
- Synonyms:
- parallel text
Synonyms of bitext
Forms of bitext
| plural | bitexts |
|---|---|
| alternative form | bi-text |
Origin of bitext
From bi- + text, coined by Brian Harris in 1987 as bi-text.
Questions about bitext
- What does bitext mean?
- Bitext means a merged document composed of both source- and target-language versions of a given text.
- What part of speech is bitext?
- Bitext is a noun.
- What is the plural of bitext?
- The plural of bitext is bitexts.
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