An evaluation of the results of the Eurotra research programme which was created to overcome language barriers between the peoples of the European Community & to create an operational prototype for a machine translation system. Gives a short overview of the Eurotra programme & its results, the main conclusion & recommendations of the final evaluation & the position of the Commission. Several tables.

Can Theory Help Translators? is a dialogue between a theoretical scholar and a professional translator, about the usefulness (if any) of translation theory. The authors argue about the problem of the translator's identity, the history of the translator's role, the translator's visibility, translation types and strategies, translation quality, ethics and translation aids.