machine translationEnglishOxford Dictionary of Englishmachine translation /məˌʃiːn tranzˈleɪʃn , məˌʃiːn trɑːnzˈleɪʃn , məˌʃiːn tran(t)sˈleɪʃn , məˌʃiːn trɑːn(t)sˈleɪʃn / (also automatic translation) ▸ noun [mass noun] translation carried out by a computer.