Automatic language processing under the plan includes mechanical translation, computational linguistics, and related work in areas such as automatic abstracting and development of hardware. The adoption of this plan constitutes recognition by the agencies involved that "fully automatic high-quality language processing, including mechanical translation, is a long-range goal," and that cooperation in planning and research are necessary to progress in this field.A recent important step under the Joint Automatic Language Processing Program has been the appointment by the National Academy of Sciences of John R. Pierce as chairman of an advisory committee for automatic language processing. When fully established, the committee will provide the agencies participating in the joint program with advice which will aid them in planning future research, development, and evaluation in this field.Automatic language processing under the plan includes mechanical translation, computational linguistics, and related work in areas such as automatic abstracting and development of hardware. The adoption of this plan constitutes recognition by the agencies involved that "fully automatic high-quality language processing, including mechanical translation, is a long-range goal," and that cooperation in planning and research are necessary to progress in this field.A recent important step under the Joint Automatic Language Processing Program has been the appointment by the National Academy of Sciences of John R. Pierce as chairman of an advisory committee for automatic language processing. When fully established, the committee will provide the agencies participating in the joint program with advice which will aid them in planning future research, development, and evaluation in this field. Warren Weaver concludes his note "Translation," referred to earlier (3), by indicating four possible types of attack on the mechanical translation problem. As for the fourth, he says,
