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"EUROTRA"isanevolutivemachine-translation systemdesignedtoproduce
high-gradetranslations quicklyandeconomically inalltheCommunity
languagessimultaneously .ItistobedevelopedbytheCommission,the
authorities andresearchinstitutesintheMemberStates,andtheEuropean
computerindustryworkinginclosecollaboration .Theprimaryaimisto
lowerthelanguagebarriersthathindercommunication betweenthecitizens
ofEuropeandreducetheCommunity'scompetitiveness intheworld.
Theprojectspringsfromtheculturalimperativeofpreservingthewealth
andvarietyoftheEuropeanlanguagesasthemultipleexpressionofone
civilization ;itisalsopromptedbytheneedtodrawnationscloser
togetherbyremovinglinguisticobstaclestocommunication ,andtostrengthen
Europe'seconomicandculturalroleintheworld.Recentdevelopments in
teleinformatics andtheopeningofthetelecommunications andinformation
networkstothepublichavemadeitessentialthatthisobjectivebe
achieved.
On4November1982theCounciladoptedtheresearchanddevelopment
programmeforamachine-translationsystemofadvanceddesign(EUROTRA.);
theCommunity'sfinancialparticipation inthisprogrammeisestimated
at16millionECU.
Inthecourseofthebudgetprocedure,theCouncilandParliamentagreed
ontheappropriations tobeenteredagainstArticle754for1983,bearing
inmindtheappropriations enteredinChapter100in1982.Thenational
authorities andtheCommissionwillveryshortlybelaunchingthework
undercontractandsetupthegraduateresearchteamsnecessaryto
implementphase1-onceithasbeenadopted-withinthetwoyearsset
bytheCouncilinitsdecisionontheprogramme.

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