System philosphy 
  
"Multilinguality" = 
"modularity" = 
"data structure" = 
"interface structure". = 
"easy information access" = 
"aiming at applicability" = 
"extensibility" = 
"flexibility" = 
System capability 
  
Approx. 15.000 words per one hour 
Pilot projects (to be confirmed) 
-99 = 
independence of analysis and generation of 
each other 
breaking down of the MT-process into smaller 
modules 
network with pointers 
syntacto-semantic deep structure without re- 
ferenc to any source of target language 
easy access to any node in the interface structure 
always keeping in mind that SUSY is to be both 
comprehensive (i.e. no ATN-parsing) and production- 
orientated 
means for easy integration of new languages into the 
system 
means for easy integration of new ideas and methods 
where desirable or necessary 
CPU-time (experimental stage) 
Translation of maintenance instructions English-German (SUSY-BSA) 
German-English, German-Japanese translation of titles from scientific journals 
(SUSY-DJT) 
German-English translation of subheadings of pictures in newspapers and magazines 
Technical aspect 
  
Computers: Telefunken TR 440 
Siemens 7760 
  
Heinz-Dirk Luckhardt is Deputy Head of Project 
Section A2 in the 'Sonderforschungsbereich 
Elektronische Sprachforschung! at the University 
of the Saar in Saarbrücken, FR Germany. He par- 
ticipates in the development of the machine 
translation system SUSY and has been working 
in computer linguistics since 1972. He holds 
a degree in translating with the foreign 
languages English and Russian. 
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