Monthly Archives: October 2018

Just powered the new grammatical engine

Posted on October 25, 2018 by pilinu

Just powered the new grammatical engine: it seems to allow for some interesting things, notably related to expressions. The case at hand is the French expression “parler comme un moulin”  (talk the leg off a chair) that translates into Corsican … Continue reading →

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Is rule-based MT more ethical than statistical MT?

Posted on October 20, 2018 by pilinu

In the ongoing debate on safe IA, it is a relevant open question of whether rule-based MT is more ethical than statistical MT. Here are some arguments in favor of rule-based MT in this context (without blaming statistical MT which has its … Continue reading →

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Open test – october 18 , 2018

Posted on October 17, 2018 by pilinu

Performing now an open test (now fully ‘open’ since it can be verified via http://okchakko.com/translate), from the 100 first words of the daily article of French wikipedia. There is one full sentence, but some remaining errors: dopu à quattordici anni brama di … Continue reading →

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A specific kind of superlative

Posted on October 12, 2018 by pilinu

Let us consider a specific kind of superlative. Such form specific to Corsican language is notably mentioned by grammarian and author Santu Casta, in his  Punteghju, who recommends the following translation of “C’était le village le plus riche du canton” (It was … Continue reading →

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Vocative in Corsican language

Posted on October 7, 2018 by pilinu

Si tratta quì di u vucativu. Ùn ci hè traduzioni in lingua corsa senza traduzioni di u vucativu. Dunqua si facini quì i prima passi. Chì ni manca sempri bon’ parechji: “o sgiò curà”, “o sgiò duttò”, “o amicu”, “o … Continue reading →

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Picculu migliuramentu: u verbu “chjamà”

Posted on October 5, 2018 by pilinu

Here is the little progress of the day, which concerns the verb “chjamà” (to call). Preposition ‘à’ need to be added when the verb “chjamà” is followed by a person name. This is little improvement, but small streams make big … Continue reading →

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Spiccanza

Posted on October 2, 2018 by pilinu

Ci sarani avà dui blogghi spiccati annantu à twitter: unu (Okchakko traduttori) par u filu di bloggu in corsu riguardu à a traduzioni automatica è a lingua corsa. È quidd’altru (Okchakko translator) in inglesu rispettu à l’intellighjenza articifiali è i … Continue reading →

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