<s>
In	O
the	O
early	O
days	O
,	O
research	O
efforts	O
at	O
the	O
LRC	O
concentrated	O
on	O
machine	B-Application
translation	I-Application
(	O
MT	O
)	O
--	O
the	O
translation	O
of	O
texts	O
from	O
one	O
human	O
language	O
to	O
another	O
with	O
the	O
aid	O
of	O
computers	O
,	O
very	O
developed	O
nowadays	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
language	O
industry	O
—	O
funded	O
by	O
the	O
USAF	O
and	O
other	O
sponsors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LRC	O
concentrated	O
on	O
German-English	O
translation	O
,	O
though	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
Russian	O
Master	O
Dictionary	O
was	O
deposited	O
at	O
the	O
LRC	O
after	O
the	O
ALPAC	B-General_Concept
report	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
1975-78	O
,	O
new	O
funding	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
by	O
Jonathan	O
Slocum	O
and	O
others	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
system	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
(	O
the	O
METAL	B-General_Concept
MT	I-General_Concept
system	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
new	O
sets	O
of	O
tools	O
for	O
linguists	O
and	O
vastly	O
greater	O
success	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
the	O
delivery	O
a	O
production	O
prototype	O
then	O
later	O
a	O
full-fledged	O
commercial	O
MT	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
