<s>
The	O
EuroMatrix	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
project	O
that	O
ran	O
from	O
September	O
2006	O
to	O
February	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
aimed	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
improve	O
machine	B-Application
translation	I-Application
(	O
MT	O
)	O
systems	O
between	O
all	O
official	O
languages	O
of	O
the	O
European	O
Union	O
(	O
EU	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EuroMatrix	B-General_Concept
was	O
followed	O
up	O
by	O
another	O
project	O
EuroMatrixPlus	B-General_Concept
(	O
March	O
2009	O
to	O
February	O
2012	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EuroMatrix	B-General_Concept
explored	O
using	O
linguistic	O
knowledge	O
in	O
statistical	B-General_Concept
machine	I-General_Concept
translation	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Statistical	O
techniques	O
were	O
combined	O
with	O
rule-based	B-General_Concept
approach	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
hybrid	B-General_Concept
MT	I-General_Concept
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
experimented	O
with	O
combining	O
methods	O
and	O
resources	O
from	O
statistical	O
MT	O
,	O
rule-based	B-General_Concept
MT	O
,	O
shallow	O
language	O
processing	O
and	O
computational	O
lexicography	O
and	O
morphology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EuroMatrix	B-General_Concept
focused	O
on	O
high-quality	O
translation	O
for	O
the	O
publication	O
of	O
technical	O
,	O
social	O
,	O
legal	O
and	O
political	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Competitive	O
annual	O
international	O
evaluation	O
of	O
machine	B-Application
translation	I-Application
meetings	O
(	O
“	O
MT	O
marathons	O
”	O
)	O
were	O
organized	O
to	O
bring	O
together	O
MT	O
researchers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EuroMatrix	B-General_Concept
project	O
was	O
sponsored	O
by	O
EU	O
Information	O
Society	O
Technology	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Experienced	O
research	O
groups	O
in	O
machine	B-Application
translation	I-Application
that	O
are	O
internationally	O
recognized	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
relevant	O
industrial	O
partners	O
participated	O
in	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
