<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
timeline	B-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
machine	I-General_Concept
translation	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
a	O
more	O
detailed	O
qualitative	O
account	O
,	O
see	O
the	O
history	B-Language
of	I-Language
machine	I-Language
translation	I-Language
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Year	O
Month	O
and	O
date	O
(	O
if	O
available	O
)	O
Event	O
type	O
Event	O
1924	O
February	O
Proposal	O
The	O
first	O
known	O
machine	B-Application
translation	I-Application
proposal	O
was	O
made	O
in	O
Estonia	O
and	O
involved	O
a	O
typewriter-translator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1939-1944	O
Proposal	O
Troyanskii	O
approaches	O
the	O
Academy	O
of	O
Sciences	O
in	O
Russia	O
with	O
his	O
proposal	O
for	O
machine	B-Application
translation	I-Application
,	O
seeking	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
linguists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1949	O
July	O
Proposal	O
Warren	O
Weaver	O
,	O
working	O
for	O
the	O
Rockefeller	O
Foundation	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
puts	O
forward	O
a	O
proposal	O
for	O
machine	B-Application
translation	I-Application
based	O
on	O
information	O
theory	O
,	O
successes	O
of	O
code	O
breaking	O
during	O
the	O
second	O
world	O
war	O
and	O
speculation	O
about	O
universal	O
underlying	O
principles	O
of	O
natural	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1954	O
January	O
7	O
Demonstration	O
The	O
Georgetown-IBM	B-General_Concept
experiment	I-General_Concept
,	O
held	O
at	O
the	O
IBM	O
head	O
office	O
in	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
offers	O
the	O
first	O
public	O
demonstration	O
of	O
machine	B-Application
translation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nevertheless	O
,	O
it	O
encourages	O
the	O
view	O
that	O
machine	B-Application
translation	I-Application
was	O
imminent	O
—	O
and	O
in	O
particular	O
stimulates	O
the	O
financing	O
of	O
the	O
research	O
,	O
not	O
just	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
but	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1958-1960	O
Report	O
In	O
1958	O
,	O
linguist	O
Yehoshua	O
Bar-Hillel	O
travels	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
visiting	O
machine	B-Application
translation	I-Application
centers	O
to	O
better	O
understand	O
the	O
work	O
they	O
were	O
doing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1959	O
,	O
he	O
writes	O
up	O
a	O
report	O
(	O
intended	O
primarily	O
for	O
the	O
US	O
government	O
)	O
pointing	O
out	O
some	O
key	O
difficulties	O
with	O
machine	B-Application
translation	I-Application
that	O
he	O
believed	O
might	O
doom	O
the	O
efforts	O
then	O
underway	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1966	O
Report	O
ALPAC	B-General_Concept
publishes	O
a	O
report	O
commissioned	O
by	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
report	O
concludes	O
that	O
machine	B-Application
translation	I-Application
is	O
more	O
expensive	O
,	O
less	O
accurate	O
and	O
slower	O
than	O
human	O
translation	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
despite	O
the	O
expenses	O
,	O
machine	B-Application
translation	I-Application
is	O
not	O
likely	O
to	O
reach	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
a	O
human	O
translator	O
in	O
the	O
near	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
report	O
causes	O
a	O
significant	O
decline	O
in	O
government	O
funding	O
for	O
machine	B-Application
translation	I-Application
in	O
the	O
US	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
a	O
lesser	O
extent	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
and	O
Russia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1968	O
Creation	O
of	O
organization	O
SYSTRAN	B-General_Concept
is	O
started	O
by	O
Peter	B-General_Concept
Toma	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
1970	O
Creation	O
of	O
organization	O
Logos	B-Device
is	O
started	O
by	O
Bernard	O
Scott	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1977	O
Deployment	O
The	O
METEO	B-General_Concept
System	I-General_Concept
,	O
developed	O
at	O
the	O
Université	O
de	O
Montréal	O
,	O
is	O
installed	O
in	O
Canada	O
to	O
translate	O
weather	O
forecasts	O
from	O
English	O
to	O
French	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
translating	O
close	O
to	O
80,000	O
words	O
per	O
day	O
or	O
30	O
million	O
words	O
per	O
year	O
until	O
it	O
is	O
replaced	O
by	O
a	O
competitor	O
's	O
system	O
on	O
30	O
September	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1984	O
Proposal	O
Makoto	O
Nagao	O
proposes	O
example-based	B-General_Concept
machine	I-General_Concept
translation	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
1997	O
Web	O
translation	O
tool	O
The	O
world	O
's	O
first	O
web	O
translation	O
tool	O
,	O
Babel	B-Application
Fish	I-Application
,	O
is	O
launched	O
as	O
a	O
subdomain	O
of	O
the	O
AltaVista	O
search	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
tool	O
is	O
created	O
by	O
Systran	B-General_Concept
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
Digital	O
Equipment	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2006	O
April	O
Web	O
translation	O
tool	O
Google	B-Application
Translate	I-Application
is	O
launched	O
.	O
</s>
