phrase table

[/freɪz ˈteɪbəl/]
nounpl: phrase tables
tabela de frases
1. A data structure or lookup table used in machine translation and natural language processing that stores pairs of source and target language phrases along with their translations and associated scores or probabilities
The statistical machine translation system uses a phrase table to quickly find the most likely translations for multi-word expressions.
O sistema de tradução automática estatística usa uma tabela de frases para encontrar rapidamente as traduções mais prováveis para expressões multi-palavra.
2. In compiler design, a symbol table or reference table that stores and manages phrase definitions and their attributes during program compilation
The compiler maintains a phrase table to optimize the translation of repeated expressions.
O compilador mantém uma tabela de frases para otimizar a tradução de expressões repetidas.
This is specialized technical terminology primarily used in computer science, computational linguistics, and artificial intelligence fields. It became particularly prominent with the rise of statistical machine translation systems in the early 2000s. The term is used identically in both English-speaking and Portuguese-speaking academic and professional communities in these fields.
Synonyms / Sinônimos
phrase dictionarytranslation tablelexiconlookup table

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
tabela de frases
Standard term used in computational linguistics and NLP contexts
Portugal
tabela de expressões
Alternative preference for 'expressões' over 'frases' in some technical contexts
General English (Technical)
phrase table
Standard terminology in machine translation literature and systems like Moses

Related Words

machine translationnatural language processingbilingual dictionarycorpusalignment modelstatistical translation

Related Idioms & Phrases

lookup table
data structure
translation memory
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