A Utoma Ted Access To Multilingual Information

Abstract

Presents some of the problems the foreign language barrier creates in the handling of scientific and technical texts in Brazil and suggests the creation of some automated tools to overcome the problems. The design of term banks and databases whach take into consideration the foreign language barrier are also seen in the context of a national and international effort to maximize the access and retrieval of technical and scientific documents to cater for the information needs of Brazilian society and contribute to the rational introduction of new technologies in the country and improve multilingual communication worldwide.