Multilingual Computer-based Communication and Language Processing: Lithuanian Case

The article gives short overview of language processing technology in Lithuania and focuses on development the computer-based translation problem from English to Lithuanian. Common machine translation models are discussed, conceptual hierarchical model for computer-based translation system from English into Lithuanian is proposed. It is based on hierarchical blackboard architecture and includes virtual dictionary and several knowledge sources. It is shown, that such model and special set of knowledge sources with grammatical components may reduce the translation problem and improve its quality.