Weaver: Translation memorandum

What changed

Proposed computer translation as a research programme using cryptography, statistics, information theory and context.

Scientific scope

The record is Weaver's July 1949 memorandum. It was a speculative stimulus rather than a working translation system or a complete algorithm, and it does not absorb later machine-translation experiments, linguistic theories or engineering teams.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is Weaver's July 1949 memorandum. It was a speculative stimulus rather than a working translation system or a complete algorithm, and it does not absorb later machine-translation experiments, linguistic theories or engineering teams.

Contributors

• Warren Weaver · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• Rockefeller Archive Center record for Weaver papers and Translation memorandum
• Authorized archival reproduction of Weaver Translation memorandum

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