@article{2020,title={MACHINE TRANSLATION AND TRANSLATION STUDIES},abstractNode={Machine translation studies gained speed especially in the 1960s, and with the creation of the first systems, methods and approaches in this field began to concrete. However, the idea of translating through automated systems goes back to much earlier dates. The first formations on this subject are based on ideas for the representation of the language proposed by Descartes and Leibniz in the 17th century with codes. Although various suggestions were made in the following periods, the first concrete steps in this area were taken in 1930s by the French and Russian professors through the so-called mechanical brain. Machine translation is not an independent research area by itself. In other words, the idea of performing the translation in a mechanical environment is not only a matter of engineering. On the contrary, it is an interdisciplinary field connected with various fields such as linguistics, computer science, science and translation studies. Therefore, the field of machine translation is a field of research that feeds on many subjects from these disciplines and even requires coordinated studies with them. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between translation approaches in the field of machine translation, especially with translation theories. In the study, translation theories and machine translation approaches are discussed comparatively. Then, the extent to which machine translation has benefited from translation theories in the historical process has been emphasized. As a result, it has been evaluated that translation theories shed light on these approaches and played an important role in the progress of these approaches. It is thought that this study may offer some contribution to the researches that will be carried out in translation and computer translation.},author={Ziya TOK},year={2020},journal={International Journal of Language Academy}}