Machine Translation

Overview

What is Machine Translation (MT)?

A means of displaying web pages that are originally in English to the user's default language on their Web browser. This is possible only when the translation engine is available. It is installed with IBM HTTP Server powered by Apache.

How does Machine Translation work?

The MT module is designed to have any user visiting a web page have the page displayed in the default language on their Web browser. If no translation engine exists for the requested language then the original HTML file is sent back to the user. Plain text files are supported by Machine Translation.

For Unix Operators Only

The user ID that the Machine Translation server runs as must have write permissions to the directory tree of the files which are to be translated (i.e. /opt/IBMHTTPServer /htdocs). The write permissions given can either be for the user that IBM HTTP Server runs as or for a group that IBM HTTP Server belongs to. If sufficient permissions aren't granted, the translated file will not be written to disk.

Common Errors

Acceptable Subjects

Example:

<Directory /path/to/as400/info>
IBMMachineTranslationOptions "*subject=as400"
</Directory>

 

  • "as400"

  • "comm" /communications

  • "hw" /hardware

  • "medical"

  • "aeron"

  • "cooking"

  • "ibm"

  • "military"

  • "aix"

  • "computers"

  • "ins" /insurance

  • "music"

  • "anat" /anatomy

  • "econ"

  • "law"

  • "printing"

  • "auto"

  • "educ"

  • "ling"

  • "sci" /science

  • "business"

  • "entertainment"

  • "manuals"

  • "sports"

  • "chem"

  • "finance"

  • "mar"

  • "technical"

  • "chess"

  • "sw" /software

  • "math"

  • "typogr" /typography

 

Related Information

Getting Started with Machine Translation
Machine Translation Directives