Need for Hindi-Dogri machine translation system

Machine translation (MT) is the translation of text or speech in one language called the source language into another language called the target language. Machine translation systems (MTS) are available for various Indian languages. The very first system for the translation of Hindi text to Dogri has been developed by the authors. This paper presents the methods of machine translation and the various machine translation systems developed in India based on these approaches. This paper then discusses need for the development of Hindi-Dogri MTS systems and the approach used for its development. The potential use of the system has also been discussed.