This paper discusses a proposal by Alexander Gode that Interlingua be used as an intermediate language for mechanical translation. The wordby-word translations proposed by Gode from Interlingua into English are not always easily understandable or editable, because of the presence in Interlingua of idioms, reflexive verbs, multiple meanings for particles and other words, and non-English word-order. Some revisions in Interlingua are suggested which would make it more useful for mechanical translation
