Translingual Instant Messaging (TrIM) was developed
as a research tool for experimenting with machine translation.
The MITRE prototype is a communications tool that provides
automatic language translation services for instant
messaging users.
TrIM enables users to share information using a fast,
secure, and understandable communications tool. Based
on the Simple Instant Messaging and Presence service
(SIMP) distributed instant messaging architecture and
the CyberTrans machine translation framework, both earlier
MITRE research projects, TrIM provides a means for instant
messaging among users while providing access to machine
translation services. The translated messages are displayed
quickly enough to sustain natural dialogue.
TrIM has logging capabilities that aid in the analysis
of machine translated multilingual dialogue. Understanding
the differences between the informal language used in
short messages and the formal language used in documents
is key to improving machine translation for messaging
applications translation services, and for instant messaging
users.
The intended use of TrIM is in a government or business
environment, to provide instant messaging and presence
information through architecture similar to Internet
mail protocols.
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