Interactive translation using quasi logical forms

This paper describes work in progress on employing a general purpose natural language processing system, the Core Language Engine (CLE), to an interactive translation application. The CLE is a system for deriving Logical Form (LF) representations of natural language which are capable of supporting reasoning. The initial development of the CLE included substantial domain independent coverage of English syntax and semantics. The output of the linguistic analysis stages of CLE processing consists of structures at the level of Quasi Logical Form (QLF), a superset of LF having additional constructs for representing contextually determined aspects of interpretation.