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Term Definition
H
Headword
In SYSTRAN terminology, the noun in a noun phrase that can change when
plural, such as nut in lug nut, Library in Library of Congress, and day in red letter
day.
Homograph
In SYSTRAN terminology, one of two or more words that have the same spelling
and are different parts of speech (for example, noun and verb, or adjective and
verb). For example, head as in head west or on the head, and light, as in the
light box and light the match.
I
Imperative
A verb form that is used to express an order or command. For example, Eat in
Eat your vegetables.
Infinitive
A verb form that is the ordinary dictionary-entry form. In English, it is often used
with to as in He wants to eat. It may also occur without to, for example, get in I
made them get in line, or with auxiliary verbs such as must as in We must leave.
Inflection
An alternation of the form of a word by adding suffixes without changing the
basic meaning or part of speech, as in making rugs from rug, or by changing the
form of a base word, as in making ate from eat.
M
Main clause
A clause that can stand alone as a complete and correct sentence. For example,
It was raining.
N
NFW
The acronym for Not-Found Word.
Not-Found Word
A word or string that occurred in the text, but not in the dictionaries used in
translation.
Not-Found Word List
An alphabetical list of all words in a text that were not found in the dictionaries
used for translation.
Not-Found Word
Marker
A mark that the translator can select, which appears in the translation to
indicate a Not-Found Word.
Noun
A word that is used to name a person, place, thing, quality, or action, for
example, house, flammability, or movement.
Noun phrase
A phrase that functions as a noun, and that has a noun as its Headword.
P
Parse
To break (a sentence) down into its component parts of speech with an
explanation of the form, function, and syntactical relationship of each part.
Parser
In SYSTRAN terminology, the module of the software that performs syntactic or
semantic analysis of the Source text.
Participle
A verb form that can be used with an auxiliary verb. It can also function as an
adjective or a noun. See Past Participle and Present Participle.
Past participle
A verb form that indicates past or completed action. It can be used with an
auxiliary verb as in The cake was baked yesterday, or as an adjective, as in
baked beans.
Phrase
A sequence of two or more words which express an idea. See also, Noun
Phrase, Verb Phrase, and Prepositional Phrase.
Plugin
A software component that adds a specific feature or service to a larger
application. For example, SYSTRAN 5.0 provides plugins for performing
translations from Internet Explorer and the following Microsoft Office 2003, XP,
and 2000 applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.