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Tag Archives: machine translation
Another case of firstname ambiguity: ‘Noël’
Translation of the French word ‘Noël’ yields another case of ambiguity. For ‘Noël’ can translate: either into Natali (Christmas, Christmas Day): the annual festival commemorating Jesus Christ’s birth or into, identically, Natali (‘Noel‘): the firstname Now it seems there is no case of … Continue reading
Interesting case of first name disambiguation
Here is an interesting case of first name disambiguation for machine translation. Consider the following first name ‘Camille’. It can apply to both genders. In Corsican (taravese or sartinese variants) it translates either into Cameddu (masculine) or Camedda (feminine). In … Continue reading
Writing differences between Corsican and Gallurese
Here are some writing differences between Corsican and Sardinian gallurese, that result from historical writing habits. These writing differences prevail, even when the words are the same: ghj is replaced by gghj: acciaghju (corsu), acciagghju (gallurese) , steel chj is … Continue reading
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Quandu da la forza à la raghjoni cuntrasta Tandu vinci la forza è la raghjoni ùn basta
Quandu da la forza à la raghjoni cuntrasta Tandu vinci la forza è la raghjoni ùn basta. This is a rare Corsican proverb. In French, litterally: “Lorsque la force et la raison s’opposent, alors la force gagne car la raison … Continue reading
How rule-based and statistical machine translation can help each other
Here are a few suggestions on how rule-based and statistical machine translation can help each other: (This is a follow-up to the previous post) to begin with, rule-based and statistical machine translation are often contrasted and compared: it would be … Continue reading
Why rule-based translation is (presently) best suited to endangered languages
Here are some arguments in favor of the choice of rule-based translation concerning machine translation of endangered languages (it relates to the philosophy of language policy): there does not exist at present time a reliable corpus between the given endangered … Continue reading
Word-sense disambiguation: first test of new engine
Now testing the new engine with the semantically ambiguous French ‘échecs’ = fiaschi/scacchi (failures/chess). What is interesting here is that semantic disambiguation transfers successfully into English (although the French/English engine is still in its infancy as there are still a … Continue reading
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A first 100%!
Now scoring 1 – 0/124 = 100%. Translated into Corsican ‘sartinesu’. Another Feigenbaum hit.
French to English: first experimental test
Now testing the translation from French to English. A lot of grammatical errors (a rough 75%). To mention but a few of them: adjective + noun inversion: localities Alsatian should read: Alsatian localities date format inversion: 4 March should read: March … Continue reading
French ‘fin’ followed by a year number: fixed
Tagger improvement: fixed this issue. French ‘l’Empire allemand’ now translates properly into l’Imperu alimanu (the German Empire). French word ‘fin’ is now identified as a preposition when followed by a year number. The above excerpt is translated into the ‘sartinesu’ … Continue reading
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Double adjective accordance: scoring 98.43%
Now scoring 1 – 2/128 = 98.43%. There are only two related errors, of a special case of adjective accordance: ‘aux xxie et XXe siècles’ (in the 21st and 20th centuries) should translate into: à i XIXu è XXu seculi. … Continue reading
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Accordance of past participe
Now scoring 1 – 2/129 = 98.44%. The issue of past participe’s accordance again: ‘une session du parlement tenue à Nuremberg’ (a session of the Parliament held in Nuremberg) should translate into una sessione di u parlamentu tenuta in Nuremberg. … Continue reading
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Past participe or present simple: the disambiguation of French ‘construit’
In the present case, it should read, custruitu à u seculu XII (built in the 12th century). The error relates to the disambiguation of French ‘construit’. It can translate into: custruitu (built): past participe, masculine, singular custruisce (builds): present simple, … Continue reading
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The disambiguation of French ‘fils’ again: scoring 98.42%
Scoring 1 – 2/127 = 98.42%. Of interest: ‘de 839 à sa mort’ (from 839 to his death) should read: da u 839 à a so morte. French ‘de’ translates either into di or into da in Corsican language (to … Continue reading
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Can translation help teaching an endangered language?
Can translation help self-teaching and endangered language? It seems yes, it the translation is accurate. Let us check with the verb parlà (to speak). In this case, the translation is 100% accurate, so it can help (but we need to … Continue reading
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Interesting issue: adjective dependency
Scoring 1 -7/139 = 94.96%. The interesting issue of adjective dependency is lurking . French word ‘originaire’ within ‘originaire de Kushima’ is ambiguous. It can be translated either into ‘originariu‘ (adjective, masculine; in English: originary) or into ‘originaria‘ (adjective, feminine; in … Continue reading
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Semantic disambiguation of French ‘défense’
Semantical disambiguation is lurking: défense = difesa/sanna = defense/tusk It should read: L’avvucatu priparava a so difesa. A sanna di u cignale era tronca. A tazzina era sculpita in una sanna d’elefante.
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False positives
There are sometimes false positives. Some words should remain untranslated, notably proper names. Interestingly, it is due to the fact that the english word ‘transport’ is the same in french: transport (fr) = transport (en) = trasportu (co).
