HC Deb 23 January 1985 vol 71 cc427-8W
Mr. Hoyle

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what action the Government are taking on research into computer translation through the use of Esperanto following the study and reports made by the European Economic Community Commission.

Mr. Butcher

[pursuant to the reply, 22 January 1985; c. 370]: We are taking no action following this study. The European Commission has itself decided not to pursue this work any further. We are, however, very aware of the importance of promoting developments in machine translation and are supporting the Commission in its work with the Systran system and research in the Eurotra project.