Machine translation and computer-assisted translation are new ways of translating that utilize technology. The demand for translations has increased due to factors like the Cold War, cultural independence, and the internet providing universal access to information. The history of machine translation began in the 1930s and involved researchers developing methods using editors and computers to analyze words and convert them between languages. In the 1950s and 1960s, early machine translation programs used bilingual dictionaries and rules for word order but faced issues. Later developments included various machine translation systems in universities, companies, and the European Union from the 1980s onward. Computer-assisted translation tools now help translators through resources like dictionaries, terminology databases, translation memories, and analyzing previous translations.