Investigating implicature in the machine translation of selected conversations from the novel ‘The hunger games’

This study aims at investigating implicatures in the machine translation of selected conversations from novel “The Hunger Games” by Collins (2008). The are nine taken beginning, middle and end crucial points novel’s plot that push action forward. analyzes conversational according to Grice’s maxims (1991). It specifically examines MT system’s instances where these were flouted source text. is done through putting Google translate output then analyzed compared with text’s implicature . reaches following findings: system can implied meanings correctly when relation or quantity flouted. due fact it translates utterance literally thus same effect mimicked target However, created flouting quality manner harder for translate. Therefore, researchers field should work improve regarding two maxims.