1162 KB46 KB200420252025Fabčič, MelanijaPavličič, ZmagoZupan, Simonštevilka:1letnik:22str. 171-184DOI:10.4312/elope.22.1.171-184ISSN:1581-8918COBISSID_HOST:241573891URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-P7UDKISJenZaložba Univerze v LjubljaniELOPE (Ljubljana)machine translationnominal phrasesprevajanje tehničnih besedilprevodni premikisamostalniške besedne zvezestrojno prevajanjetechnical textstechnical translationtehnična besedilatranslation shiftsMachine translation of independent nominal phrases in technical texts|This paper deals with machine translations of independent noun phrases in technical texts, which are not part of any sentence structure but function on their own, typically in tables and illustrations. Such nominal structures are common in technical texts because they allow technical writers to increase lexical density and precision in expression. On the other hand, these phrases pose a challenge for machine translation engines, as their meaning depends on the context. Independent noun phrases from a service manual, which were translated from English into Slovene by two different machine translators (DeepL and Google Translate), are considered in this paper. Their comparison with the original showed some limitations of machine translation engines in translating noun phrases, since approximately half of them showed a noticeable change in meaningTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaUniverza v Ljubljani, Filozofska fakulteta