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SECONDPLANOFACTION
FORTHEIMPROVEMENT OFTHETRANSFER OFINFORMATION
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TRANSLATION SYSTEM(EUROTRA)
(Communication fromtheCommission totheCouncil)
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILDECISION
ONTHEADOPTION OFAEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
RESEARCH ANDDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FORAMACHINE
TRANSLATION SYSTEMOFADVANCED DESIGN
(presentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)FORTHEIMPROVEMENTOFTHETRANSFEROFINFORMA>BETWEENEUROPEANLANGUAGES
Communication fromtheCommission )
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TIONOFAEUROPEAN ADVANCED MACHINE
TRANSLATION SYSTEM(EUROTRA)/BETWEEN EUROPEAN LANGUAGES
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SecondPlanofAction
fortheimprovement ofthetransferofinformation
,"betweenEuropeanlanguages

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1.Purpose
ThesecondPlanofActionisprimarilyacontinuation oftheactionsundertaken
in'implementation ofthefirstPlan..However,theenvironment haschangedasa
resultoftheemergenceofnewneedsandnewtechniques ,anda"certainnumbero
newactionswillbelaunchedtotakeaccountofthesedevelopments .
1.1•ResultsofthefirstPlanofAction
Thefirstthree–yearPlanofActionfortheimprovement ofthetransferof
information betweenEuropeanlanguages,approvedbytheCommission on23
December1976,producedthefollowingconcreteresults:
(a)Theimplementation ofasystemofautomaticpre–translationoftextsin
naturallanguageanditsprogressive improvement ;itsdevelopmentisbein
increasingly orientedtowardsindustrialandscientificapplications .
(b)TheCommission'sterminologybankhasbeenexpanded,particularly towards
thelesswellrepresented languages,andextendedtootherareasofinter
totheEuropeaninstitutions .
(c)Threequadrilingual sectoralthesaurihavebeenpreparedandbroughtinto
useintheMemberStates,andamacrothesaurus fortheagricultural field
iscurrentlybeingcompiled.
(d)Feasibilitystudieshaveresultedintheproductionofspecifications for
textprocessing equipmentwhichwill'soonbebroughtintooperationin
supportofcomputer-assisted translation.
(e)TheorganisationinMay1977of-theThirdEuropeanCongressonInformatio
SystemsajidNetworks,togetherwithalargenumberofsymposiaandsemina
hasalertedpublicopiniontothevarioustoolsavailableforovercoming
languagebarrier.
(f)AsaresultofthePlanofAction,nineEuropeanuiiVversities haveooopei
inplanningamajorR+DprojectdesignedtoproduceanadvancedEurope?
machinetranslation systemonwhichtheywillworktogetherduringthen<
fiveyears*).
*)SeetheEU30TRAproject,whichisthesubjectofaseparateproposal.

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1.2.Preparation ofthesecondPlanofAction
Thefollowingfactorsweretakenintoaccountinthepreparation ofthe
workprogramme s
(a)WhiletheCommissionwassettingupitsinitialprojectsinthefield,of
multilingual ism,countriesthroughouttheworld,particularly plurilingual
countries(e.g.Canada,Switzerland )andthosewhoseeconomiesdependon
exportstocountriesusingotherlanguages,were"becomingaware©fthe
problemscausedbythemultiplicity oflanguages.
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(b)Reflectingthedouwntrendinthecostofcomputerservices,several .
computer–assistedtranslation systemshavenowbecomeoperational in
specificfields,andtherehasalsobeenanincreaseinthenumberof
terminology banks,computerized dictionaries andmultilingual thesauri.
(c)TheCommunitypolicyfornetworkshasresultedinthestart-upofthe
Euronet–Dianenetwork,whichhasmadealargenumberofmonolingual
documentary databasesavailabletotheinnumerablepotentialclientswho
nowimpatiently awaitthetranslation oftheseresourcesintotheir
languages., ,
(d)TheCommunitypolicyforthetelematicssectorhasbroughtthedepartments
oftheCommissionintocontactwithawiderangeofnewresourcesand
techniquescapableofmakingapositivecontribution toalargenumberof
itsprojects.
(e)Inview9ftheneedtodevelopmultilingualtoolsforalltheCommunity
languages,theimpendingaccessionofnewMemberStatestotheEuropean
Communitieswillalsoincreasetheworkloadofthelanguageservices,
andthelistofproblemsrequiringsolutionwillincludethetransliteration
oftextswritteninGreek.
2.Programmeofwork
AsinthecaseofthefirstPlan,thevariousactionswillbeprecededby
studiesandsurveysandconcludedwithevaluations ,pilotschemesandtrial
applications .
Theprogrammeofworkwillbebackedbycontinuousdetailedmonitoringofthe
researchinprogressandactivesupportfortheteamsdevelopingnewsystemsin
themembercountries,withaviewtoensuringthattheworkisappropriately N
orientedandtailoredtotheneedsoftheCommunity. .
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Muchoftheworkwillbeentrustedtospecialized firmsandinstitutions inthe
MemberStates.AsinthecaseofthefirstPlanofAction,theCommunity
departmentswillseektheadviceofthe"CommitteeofExpertsfortheTransfer
ofInformationbetweenCommunityLanguages(CETIL)",composedofspecialists
fromtheMemberStatesandtheCommission ,selectedfortheirtechnicalknow-how.
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Asfar asthe application ofmultilingual tools toscientific andtechnical
information isconcerned ,however ,theCommission will consult theCommittee for
Scientific andTechnical Information andDocumentation (CIDST )anditssub-group
"Multilingual' Aspects ",
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Action isplanned onthefollowing fronts :
(a)general surveys onmultilingualism andstudies relating tonewproblems ,
including follow-up work ;
(b)creation ofmultilingual terminological tools ,including thesauri for
"information management ,terminology "banks andotHer computerized dictionaries
and dictionaries for machine translation :
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(c)design anddevelopment ofmachine translation software tomeet theCommunity 's
requirements ; '
(d)creation ofaninfrastructure ofdata processing equipment formultilingual
activities ;
(e)establishment ofmethods andstandards formultilingual communication ;
studies ontheir implications ,particularly from theorganizational standpoint ;
(f)fostering ofthepractical applications ofexisting multilingual tools 9
1•Studies and surveys *
Specific surveys relating totheteaching anduseoflanguages inthe Tiember
States will besuppfemanted byageneral survey ofmultilingual communication
inEurope andbetween Europe andtherest oftheworld .
Other surveys will focus onlangus.ge comprehension andthemechanisms underlying
thetransfer ofinformation between people andbetween man andmachines .
Thestudy ofthetranslation market launched in1979 will besupplemented by
specific studies oftrends indemand ,inthe light oftheappearance of
machine translation onthe market and various other factors .
Theeffects ofCommunity enlargement onmultilingual communication will be
carefully analysed particularly from thedata processing standpoint .
•There will also beanin-depth examination ofthe economic anatechnical
feasibility ofextending theCommunity 'smultilingual tools tonon-Community
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2.2 .Multilingual terminological tools
2.2.1 .Scientific andtechnical information management
Multilingual thesauri arethe "basis ofthemost highly reputed
international retrieval systems andparticularly ofthose now
available tousers via the Euronet -Diane network .
Having helped todevelop highly advanced methods fortheconstruction
ofthesauri ,theCommission isready toassist allwhowish tomake
their docurtterltary resources available to'allthe .potential users In
theCommunity bymeans ofmultilingual thesauri .
TheCommission will assist inthesetting upandmanagement ofa
system fortheupdating andutilization ofmultilingual thesauri
andwill contribute towards theefforts tobring about standardization
inthis field . .
2.2.2 .Translation aids '
TheCommission has established foritstranslators aterminology
bank whose reliability issteadily being improved byastrict validity
check .Itwill continue toextend thebank 'scontents bySystematically
liaising with similar projects inhand elsewhere intheMember States
and invarious international organizations ,thus avoiding the-
unnecessary duplication ofcurrent efforts .
Inparticular ,theCommission will ,inthevery near future ,create
multilingual terminology glossaries forthe fields oftelematics and
telecommunications andanyother areas ofadvanced technology of
interest totheCommunity .
Itwill also setupaspecial data bank forabbreviation ;atatime when ,
agrowing number ofneworganizations areknown totheinstitutions
mainly orsolely bytheir initials ,such adata bank issorely needed .
2.2.3 *Dictionaries for machine translation
The Commission will continue tocreate dictionaries for fields of
interest totheCommunity .Itwill reduce their cost byusing terminology
banks .
Initially ,these dictionaires will betested andused intheSYSTRAN
project ;their linguistic coding will begradually tailored tothe -
requirements ofthemore advanced systems (see3»3*)»
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2.2«4 «Computerized dictionaries > '
Publishers ofdictionaries ,whether general orspecialized ,are
nowincreasingly using computerized maintenance andup–dating
methods .TheCommission will st.udy thescope forusing these
resources intheCommunity terminology 'bank and inmachine translation
dictionaries .
2.3 *Machine translation programmes
2.3.1 .Pre–translation oftext (Systran ) I
Inthepresent Plan ofAction ,theCommission intends totransfer ;
theresponsibility forrunning theSystran system towhose development '
andimprovement itsdepartments have made asubstantial contribution ,
toexternal organizations .Itwill facilitate theapplication ofthe i
system ,mainly intheindustrial andscientific fields and in t
connection with Euronet –Diane . - '
Efforts toimprove and extend thesystem will henceforth beguided
principally bythese applications .
2.3 »2.Translation based oncontrolled syntax
Theemergence ofnetworks ofthekihd typified byvideoxe <hasbeen
reflected intheneed forsystems oftranslations without p^+-editing .
TheCommission will undertake astudy oftheexisting systems ami
theelaboration ofasetofrules forwriting incontrolled syntax with ~
aview tofacilitating such applications . i
2.3.3 .European translation System (EUROTRA )
TheEUROTRA project ,thetechnical details ofwhich were finalized
in1978 and1979 ,thanks totheenthusiastic cooperation ofthe
universities intheMember States ,will belaunched asaseparate
programme immediately following Council approval oftheproject .
Inthepresent Plan ofAction ,theCommission will beresponsible
forthepreparatory work .
2.4 .Technical infrastructure ■
2.4.1 .Information management
TheCommission will setupthecomputer equipment ;needed toestablish the
links between themultilingual thesauri anddata bases which they axe
tocontrol .
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2,4*2*Aidtotranslation *
Appropriateavailableterminologywill"beplacedatthedisposalof
thelinguists(translators,interpreters andterminologists)ofthe
Communityinstitutions "bythecreationofacompleteinfrastructure
usingthemostrecentdevelopments inthefieldoftelematics.
2.3»4»Textprocessing
TheCommissionwillacquireapilotinteractivetextprocessing -
installation fortheinput,thepreparation of.textstobetranslated
andthepost–editingoftranslatedtexts;itwillusethesefacilities
toconducttechnicalandergonomicstudies.
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2.4*4*Transliteration ■
TheCommissionwillstudytheintroduction ofequipmentpermitting
transliteration fromandinto-languageswhichusecharactersdiffering
fromtheEuropeanalphabet.
2.5.Methodology andstandardization
2.5*1»Evaluation methods '
TheCommissionwillcarryoutst.udiesandteststodeviseevaluation
methodsandcriteriawhichareobjectiveandfreefromthepersonal
biasoftheassessors.
Evaluationcriteriawillbedevelopedforapplicationtoinformation
retrievalinterminology banks.- *
2.5*2.Europeanalphabet
Theprocessingandtransmission oftextsmalltheEuropeanlanguages
willrequirealargervarietyofcharacters thanthatavailablewith
currentequipment.
TheCommissionwillparticipateintheworkintendedtoleadtothe
adoption,bystandardsorganizations ,postaladministrations and
equipmentmanufacturers ,-ofastandardized Europeancharacterset
andofanewtransmission codepermittingtheinput,transmission and
printoutoftextsinalltheEuropeanlanguages. -
2.6.Promotionalactivities >
AbroadPlanofActionofthistyperequirestheparticipation ofeveryone
directlyorindirectlyinterestedinmultilingualism ,includingteachers,
publishers,documentalists ,dataprocessingexperts,linguists,translators ,
interpreters .andterminologists.
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Thismeansidentifying ,contacting ,informingandinterestingallsuch
persons.Thiswillbedonenotonlybyorganizingcourses,seminarsand
demonstrations ,butalsobypublishing aperiodicalcontainingcritical
reviews,abstractsofrecentbooksand'reportsandshortarticleson
workinprogress.
3.Budget
Theexpenditure involvedinimplementing thePlanofActionisoftheorder
of37500001'UA,brokendownasfollows:....
1980;1981 ■~1982
Studiesandsurveys 70000 150000•180000
Multilingual thesauri 30000 40000 60000
Terminology banks 150000 150000 150000
Dictionaries formachinetranslation 250000 280000 300000
Computerized dictionaries 60000 120000 100000
MakingSystranoperational 100000 80000 60000
Systranpilotoperations 200000 320000 250000
Preparation ofliurotra 80000 p.m. p.m.
Technicalinfrastructure 80000 80000 20000
Methodology andstandards 30000 30000 30000
Promotional activities 100000 100000 100000
1150000*)1350000 1250000
*)Allorpartofthisprogrammewillbecarriedout,dependingonthebudgetary
allocationsfor1980.

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION
TOTHE COUNCIL '
Subject :Th.ecreation ,ofaEuropeaa ad.vaa.ced machine translation system
(EUROTRA )

1.
1.Reasons ar-.d aims
TheEuropean Community isamultilingual group ofpeople whoarostriving
forever closer unity .Many different languages arespoken inEurope ,andasa
roflection ofEurope 'scultural diversity ^this variety represents eoaotUixig
ofgreat value .
Unfortunately ,however ,itisalso amajor hindrance tocommunication between
persons and closer ties "between nations .Byhampering trade andthetransfer of
technology ,itisdetrimental totheCommunity 'scompetitiveness intheworld .
Even within ourowninstitutions ,itisaconstant source ofmisunderstanding
and friction .
V'emust actquickly tobreak down these "barriers ,"byproviding theCommunity
with atool forefficient multilingual communication .This goal isnowwithin
our reach .
Much hasalready "been achieved over the last fewyears .Multilingual thesauri
fordocumentation centres have "been setupinmany places .Terminological data
"banks have been produced toaidtranslators .Simple translation systems have been
introduced inanumber ofindustries .TheCommission has participated inthis
work ,inthecontext ofitsfirst Multilingual Action Plan *.?,
Using theresults sofarachieved v;amust now setabout developing amachine
translation system which will provide high-quality translations simultaneously in
alltheCommunity languages rapidly and atalow cost .
This -system ,which isknown asEDRGTRA ,
–isbased onthelatest findings ,inparticular inlinguistics ,
–isbased onmodern word processing -techniques ,
–isadaptable toother languages ,
–iscompatible with allinformation processing equipment ,inparticular
that ofEuropean origin ,because oftheportability ofitssoftware ,the
useofhigh level programming languages andcompliance witij international
standards inthis field ,andfinally
–iscapable ofincorporating future developments inthefield oflinguistics ,
remote access information processing ,andeven artificial intelligence .
*Communication from the Commission ,tothe Council of31December 1976 .

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2mHistory
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Inthe'United States consideration wasgiven tomaohine translation assoon ,as
the first computers started operating .Butinthat monolingual country there
were toofewclients forsuoh amultilingual tool ,andconsequently itwasnever
developed beyond anelementary stage andwasused only forrough translation
from Russian and ,later on,Vietnamese *Allinall ,theAmerican concepts have
progressed hutlittle over thelast twenty-five years and ithasbeen inCanada
rather than America that resaarch hasbeen conducted andfollowed upbysome
ad-hoc applications . "
InJapan ,where thecomputerization ofsociety ismuch discussed ,people arefar
tooooncerned with theremote transmission ofideograms todevote muoh thought
tothedevelopment ofacomplete machine translation system .
InFrance ,Germany ,Italy andEngland ,andalso attheJSCin.Ispra some basic
research haabeen carried outand ,inparticular ,complex linguistic models have
been setup,butowing toalack offunds anoperational informational system has
never been implemented .Moreover this scattering oftalent andmoney resulted in
knowledge acquired going towaste .
TheCommission 'sdeoision toinvite leading personalities from therelevant
institutes inthemember countries tomeet inLuxembourg inFebruary 197^led
toaiunanirhous agreement ontheneed tocreate andoperate atCommunity level -
atruly European machine translation system forwhioh ,thanks totheactive and
ready cooperation ofthese institutes ,thetechnical specifications have now
been drafted ..
The background and conditions for success
After three years ofwork aspart ofthefirst Commission action plan ,forthe
purposes ofwhioh theCommission wasunfalteringly encouraged andsupported by
CETIL (l)ontheonehand andCIDST andCHESTi(2 )ontheother hand :
-multilingual thesaurus management software developed bytheCommission hasbeen
widely adopted iaEurope ,
–theCommunity terminological data bank will soon beaccessible viaEURONET
tothousands ofusers intheMember States and
£l)Committee ofExperts fortheTransfer ofInformation 'between European Languages
(2)SoieatifxQ aad ,T%ohnioaX Research .Committee■
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-thesystem ofautomatic pr*-translation Systran ,despite itsintrinsic ;
conceptual limitations ,isalready inuseinindustry andinthe
Euronet –Diano network ,anditisanticipated that itwill bedeveloped
accordingly inthese fields .
Computerized information processing has ssaanwhile "b@e.rx generally adopted
thanks tothespectacular drop iaux .itcosts ,andthi3 asethod^which today is
reliable and capable ofoper -tl^g ever long distances ,hassow beooroe thereset e
processing ofinformation ,,
All thenecessary technical sadeconomic conditions aretherefore right for
alarge-scale Community action programme tobelaunched . .Against abackground
ofindisputable logic andgenuine -indeed immense andpressing need -particularly
iaEurope ,thenext step istoconcentrate the efforts ofthetopEuropean specia­
list andtechnicians andtodeploy thera inafive-year working prc-gr ?jsme .Thus ,
theaction which theCommission isproposing tothe'Council can create the
appropriate conditions atCommunity level forthis programme ofinnovation which
nosingle country couJ .dpossibly implement onitsown .
Cost/benefit analysis
Inview ofthefact that Community funding amounts to7.7millions EUA ,towhich
thenational contributions oftheparticipating centres ,ara.oun.ting to5millions
EUA ,must b®added ,adescription oftheanticipated advantages anddetails of
thevarious groups whowill benefit areclearly mandatory *
–atthe endof5years ofsustained effort theCommunity arid theMember States
will have attheir disposal themost advanced multilingual translation system
which will besuitable fornumerous industrial applications andwill produce
royalties onaworld scale asaresult ;
-those who will benefit directly bythe system will bethevarious branches
ofindustry and inparticular theexporting industries ,azidvarious govern­
mental andquasi-governmental institutions istheMember States ,aswell as
thousands ofresearch workers ,andultimately ordinary people ,businessmen ,
tourists ,students ,etc .

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–Europeanuniversities andspecialistinstituteswillhaveanunsurpassed
toolforresearchandteachingwhichwillplacetheminapositionof
worldleadership ; ,
Furthermore ,thegovernmentsoftheMemberStateswillhavetheassurance
thatthefinancialaidtheygranttotheirspecializeduniversityresearch
;
unitswillnolonger "besunkinsubsidizingpurelyexperimentaltranslation
\ - ■ Vsystems; .
–AsasupplierofEurotrahardwareandsoftware,theEuropeaninformation
processingindustrywillhehighonthelistofthos?benefitingindirectly
fromtheprogrammes ; -
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–Thenewtranslation systemwillbeanaturaladjunctofthed$.tabases
intheEuronetnetwork,whichwillbeupgradedandextendedtoEuropean
• ,!' :»!andnon-European usersasaresult;
–Finally,theCommunityinstitutionswillbeabletoadaptEurotratotheir
ownparticulartranslationrequirements. Ii
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Implementation
-Togivemaximumefficiency ,Eurotrawillbeestablishedinclosecooperation
betweentheCommission ,theauthorities andresearchinstitutesofthe
MemberStates,andtheEuropeaninformationprocessingindustry*
–Thespecifications coverthepreparation of
•acompleteanalysissoftwareforeachlanguage, ^
•acompletesynthesissoftwareforeachlanguage,
•amultilingual lexicaldatabase
•atransfermechanismforallthelanguagepairsand
•acommonmodularbasicsoftware.
–Thedevelopment andoperationwillbemadetheresponsibility ofacoordinating
centreforeachcentreorlanguage,whichwilldistributetheworkbetween
specialistinstitutesandensurecompatibility andquality.Tothisend,the
Commissionwillensurethattheobjectivesrelatingtoportability andcompliance
withinternational standardsareaccuratelyreflectedinthespecifications .
-Theworkingprogrammewillbethesubjectofaseriesofcontractsof
association betweentheCommissionandthespecialistinstitutesofthe
MemberStates.

ItwillbecarriedoutwiththeassistanceofanAdvisoryCommitteeincluding
representatives ofallthebodiesconcerned:
TheworkistobefinancedjointlybytheMemberStatesandfromthe
Communitybudget,andtheCommissionwillberesponsibleforproducingthe
informationprocessingcomponents andassemblingthesystem;
TheCommissionwillbeguidedbytheadviceofthescientific andTechnical
ResearchCommittee(CREST)andtheCommitteeofExpertsfortheTransfer
ofInformationbetweenCommunityLanguages(CETIL).
Theproposedbudgetis:
millionsofEUA
1st
year2nd
year3rd
year4-th
year5th
yearTotal
Contributions ofthe
MemberStates 0,60.81,21,21,25,0
Communityshareofthe
expenditure ofthe
nationalcentres 0,30,40,60,60,62,5
DirectCommunity
expenditure 1,31,50,80,80,85,2
Total 2,22,72,62,62,612,7

Proposal foraCouncil Decision ontheadoption
ofaEuropean Economic Community research and
development programme foramachine translation
system ofadvanced design
TheCouncil oftheEuropean Communities ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 235thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Having regard totheopinion oftheEuropean Parliament ; -
Having regard totheopinion oftheEconomic andSocial Committee .;
Whereas ,under Article 2oftheTreaty ,oneoftheCommission 'stasks isto
promote throughout theCommunity aharmonious development ofeconomic
activities ,acontinuous andbalanced expansion andanincrease instability ;
Whereas themultilingual nature oftheEuropean Community isofhigh
cultural value ,but isalso inpractice anobstacle tocloser ties between
thepeoples oftheCommunity ,tocommunications and tothedevelopment of
theinternal and external trade oftheCommunity ;
Whereas the benefits ofteleinformatics and ofcommunication and information
networks cannot befully reaped atCommunity level unless thelanguage barrier
isovercome ;
Whereas thedevelopment ofcomputational linguistics islikely tocontribute
totheovercoming ofthis barrier ;
Whereas considerable research hasalready been carried outonthis subject
intheMember States ;

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Whereas this research ,byitsvery nature ,canonly bear fruit provided
that itissupported byaCommunity action which would ,among other
things ,have acatalytic effect onwork already carried out ;
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Whereas such Community action can ,inparticular ,consist inthecreation of
aEuropean machine translation system ofadvanced design ; ■
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Whereas such asystem would have numerous industrial applications andbeof
direct benefit ,inter alia ,tothevarious industrial -sectors and ,
inparticular ,toexporting industries ;
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Whereas thepreliminary work already completed has demonstrated the
technical feasibility ofsuch asystem ; ,
Whereas aCommunity research anddevelopment programme onmachine transla­
tion istherefore likely tomake aneffective contribution tothe
achievement oftheabove objectives oftheTreaty ;
Whereas theTreaty hasnotprovided thenecessary powers tothis end;
Whereas the Scientific and Technical Research Committee (CREST )has
delivered anopinion ontheCommission 'sproposal ;
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Article 1
Aresearch anddevelopment programme for thecreation ofamachine
translation system ofadvanced design ishereby adopted for aperiod offive
years commencing on *
Thecontent oftheprogramme isdescribed intheAnnex hereto .

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Article2
Theexpenditurerequiredfortheexecutionoftheprogrammeisestimated
at7.7millionEUA(1979value);personnelrequirementsareestimatedat
16persons.
Thesefiguresaregivenforguidancepurposesonly;thefundsneededto
executetheprogrammeshallbedeterminedeveryyearbythebudgetary -
procedure.
Article3
TheCommissionshallberesponsiblefortheexecutionoftheprogramme,inparti
cularbymeansofresearchcontracts.ItshallbeassistedbyanAdvisoryCommittee
onProgrammeManagement ,themembership andtermsofreferenceofwhichare
setoutintheCouncil "Resolutionof18July1977onadvisorycommittees ,
onresearchprogrammemanagement/1^. >.^
TheCommissionshallinformtheCRESTatregularintervalsontheprogress
ofthework#Furthermore ,theCommissionshallsubmitanannualreportto
theCouncilandtotheEuropeanParliamentconcerningtheexecutionofthe
programme.' ' " .
Article4
Thedissemination ofinformationresultingfromtheexecutionofthe
programmeshallbeeffectedinaccordancewithCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No2380/74of17September1974adoptingprovisionsforthedissemination
ofknowledgerelatingtoresearchprogrammesfortheEuropeanEconomic
(2}Community x'•
Article5
InaccordancewithArticle228oftheTreaty,theCommunitymayconclude
agreementswiththirdcountriesontheirparticipation intheresearch
programmewhichisthesubjectofthepresentDecision.
TheCommissionisherebyauthorizedtonegotiatesuchagreements.
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(l)OJNoC192of11August1977,p.1
(2)OJNoL255of20September1974,p.1

AnnextotheCouncildecision
Objectives
Theobjectiveoftheprojectisthecreationofacomputer-aided ,translation system
capableofdealingwithallofficiallanguagesoftheCommunity.
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.Programmeofwork 4
Theprogrammeofworkincludesthefollowingelements:
-Thedevelopment ofananalysismoduleforeachlanguage,whichwillcarryout
■morphological ,syntacticandlogico-semanticanalysisofsourcetexttothelevels
specifiedbythedefinitionofthecommonlyagreedinterfacestructure.
-Thedevelopment ofageneration moduleforeachlanguage,whichwillbeable
toacceptaninterfacestructureofthetypecommonlyagreedandgeneratefrom
itasurfacerepresentation inthatlanguage,
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-Thedevelopment ofatransfermoduleforeachlanguagecouple,whiohwilltakeas
inputaninterfacestructureofthe;typecommonlyagreed,derivedfromananalysis
ofthesourcetext,.andproducefromitaninterfacestructuredfthesametype,
fromwhichthetargettextmaybegenerated.
-Thecompilation ofmonolingualdictionaries intwosteps:
a)aninitialtestdictionaryforeachlanguage,tobe'usedbothinanalysisand
ingeneration ,comprisingapproximately 2500entriesinaspecificsubject
-field:
b)anexpandedmonolingualdictionary,whosefinaisizewillbeapproximately 20,000
entries.
–Thecompilation ofamultilingual lexicaldatabaseforuseinthetransferphase,
intwostagesasforthemonolingual dictionaries .
-Thedevelopmentofabasicsoftwarepackage,includingsupportsoftwarefordictionary
handlingandupdatingaswellassoftwarecapableofdealingwiththeanalysis,
transferandgenerationmodulesdescribedabove.Thiswillincludeinterpreter compi­
lerprogrammesforthespeciallydefinedhigh-leveldefinitionlanguageinwhich
grammarsanddictionaries aretobewritten.
-Thedevelopment ofthesoftwarefortheuser-systeminterface,bywhichthedifferent
modulesmaybecombinedintointegratedsystemscorresponding tothevarioususer
optionsdefined. *
–TheCommissionwillensurethattheobjectivesrelatingtoportability and
compliancewithinternational standardsareaccuratelyreflectedinthe
•spécifications .