<s>
Arabic	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
major	O
languages	O
that	O
have	O
been	O
given	O
attention	O
by	O
machine	B-Application
translation	I-Application
(	O
MT	O
)	O
researchers	O
since	O
the	O
very	O
early	O
days	O
of	O
MT	O
and	O
specifically	O
in	O
the	O
U.S.	O
</s>
<s>
Accordingly	O
,	O
researchers	O
cannot	O
always	O
import	O
solutions	O
from	O
other	O
languages	O
,	O
and	O
today	O
Arabic	B-General_Concept
machine	I-General_Concept
translation	I-General_Concept
still	O
needs	O
more	O
efforts	O
to	O
be	O
improved	O
,	O
mainly	O
in	O
the	O
area	O
of	O
semantic	O
representation	O
systems	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
essential	O
for	O
achieving	O
high-quality	O
translation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
approach	O
is	O
followed	O
by	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
companies	O
producing	O
software	B-Application
applications	I-Application
for	O
Arabic	O
.	O
</s>
