Instruction Manual

User’s Guide SYSTRAN 5.0 171
Appendix B:
Preparing English Text for MT
General Principles 172
Grammar Writing Rules 173
Using Articles 173
Avoiding Speech Ambiguity 173
Using Enumeration 173
Ensuring Subject-Verb Agreement 174
Using Prepositions 174
Using Infinitives at the Beginning of Sentences 174
Using Imperatives 175
Observing Punctuation Rules 175
Using Main Clauses 175
Using Subordinate Clauses 176
Using Relative Clauses 176
Avoiding Multiple Stacking 177
Using Compound Words 177
Using Capitalization 178
Using Spelling Variations 178
Lexical Ambiguities 178
Disambiguation of Product Names and Menus 178
Avoiding Lexical Ambiguities 179
Using Compounds 179
Format and Typographical Issues 180
Segmentation Tags 180
Do-Not-Translate (DNT) Tags 181