From b3c302ca6fa99abaa5cbc3ed69f138aecc9d7e98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: aarne Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 22:48:43 +0000 Subject: updated phrasebook doc --- examples/phrasebook/phrasebook.html | 466 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 425 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-) (limited to 'examples/phrasebook/phrasebook.html') diff --git a/examples/phrasebook/phrasebook.html b/examples/phrasebook/phrasebook.html index fae61468a..2d36e5fc0 100644 --- a/examples/phrasebook/phrasebook.html +++ b/examples/phrasebook/phrasebook.html @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ + MOLTO Multilingual Phrasebook

MOLTO Multilingual Phrasebook

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LanguageGrammarian's language skillsGrammarian's GF skillsInformant used for developmentInformant used for testingUse of external toolsImpact of external toolsChanges on the resource grammarDevelopment time
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Example-based grammar writing prototype

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+The figure presents the process of creating a Phrasebook using an example-based +approach for the language X, where X = {Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian}. +

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+The time needed for preparing the configuration files for a grammar will not be needed +in the future, since the files are reusable for other applications. +The time for the second step can be saved if automatic tools, like Google translate +are used. This is only possible in languages with a simpler morphology and syntax +and large corpora available. +Good results were obtained for German and Dutch with Google translate, but for +languages like Romanian or Polish, which are both complex and lack enough resources, +the results are discouraging. +

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+If the statistical oracle works well, the only step where the presence of a human +translator is needed is the evaluation and feedback step. An average of 4 hours per +round and 2 rounds were needed in average for the languages for which we performed +the experiment. It is possible that more effort is needed for more complex languages. +

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Conclusions (tentative)

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+The grammarian need not be a native speaker of the language. +

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+For many languages, the grammarian need not even know the language - native informants are +enough. +

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+However, evaluation by native speakers is necessary. +

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+Correct and idiomatic translations are possible. +

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+A typical development time was 2-3 person working days per language. +

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+Google translate helps in bootstrapping grammars, but must be checked. +

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+Resource grammars should give some more support +

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Acknowledgements

The Phrasebook has been built in the MOLTO project funded by the European Commission.

The authors are grateful to their native speaker informants helping to bootstrap and evaluate -the grammars: Richard Bubel, Grégoire Détrez, Michal Palka, Willard Rafnsson,... +the grammars: +Richard Bubel, +Grégoire Détrez, +Karin Keijzer, +Michał Pałka, +Willard Rafnsson, +Nick Smallbone.

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