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MOLTO Multilingual Phrasebook
Aarne Ranta
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#BSMALL
History
- 26 March 2010. Version 0.1: Eng, Fin, Fre, Ron; dedicated minibar UI.
- 28 March. Version 0.2: Swe, Ita; cat Action; small phrases.
- 30 March. Version 0.3: disambiguation grammar for English
[Missing constructs missing.txt]
[Back to phrasebook http://tournesol.cs.chalmers.se/~aarne/phrasebook/phrasebook.html]
#ESMALL
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=Purpose=
This phrasebook is a programme for translating touristic phrases
between the 15 European languages included in the [MOLTO http://www.molto-project.eu] project
(Multilingual On-Line Translation):
- Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English,
Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian,
Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
It is implemented by using the GF programming language
([Grammatical Framework http://grammaticalframework.org]).
It is the first demo for the MOLTO project, released in the third month but to be
updated in the course of the project.
The phrasebook has the following requirements:
- high quality: reliable translations
- translation from any language to any other ones
- runnable in web browsers
- runnable on mobile phones (also off-line: forthcoming for Android phones)
- easily extensible by new words (forthcoming: semi-automatic extensions by users)
The phrasebook is available as open-source software, licensed under GNU LGPL.
The source code resides in
[``code.haskell.org/gf/examples/phrasebook/`` http://code.haskell.org/gf/examples/phrasebook/]
Current status (28 March 2010):
- available in English, Finnish, French, Italian, Romanian, Swedish
- very small coverage
- works on web browsers calling a server
- web service not yet released, but preliminarily available in
[``http://tournesol.cs.chalmers.se/~aarne/phrasebook/phrasebook.html`` http://tournesol.cs.chalmers.se/~aarne/phrasebook/phrasebook.html]
=Points illustrated=
The use of resource grammars and functors.
Compile-time transfer: especially, in Action in Words.
Quasi-incremental translation: many basic types are also used as phrases.
Disambiguation, esp. by the parameters in Roles.
=Files=
``Sentences``: general syntactic structures implementable in a uniform way.
Concrete syntax via the functor ``SencencesI``.
``Words``: words and predicates, typically language-dependent.
Separate concrete syntaxes.
``Greetings``: idiomatic phrases, string-based.
Separate concrete syntaxes.
``Phrasebook``: the top module putting everything together.
Separate concrete syntaxes.
``DiffPhrasebook``: the (so far small) interface for ``Sentences``.
``DisambPhrasebook``: disambiguation grammars generating feedback phrases if
the input language is ambiguous.
=To Do=
Text-based translation interface.
The remaining 10 languages
Disambiguation grammars for other languages than English.
Extract/construct lexica for
- food stuff
- languages
- places
Connection to Google translate, for fall-back and for comparison
Feedback facility in the UI
=How to contribute=
The basic things "everyone" can do is
- complete [missing words missing.txt] in concrete syntaxes
- add new abstract words in ``Words`` and greetings in ``Greetings``
The missing concrete syntax entries are added to the ``Words``//L//``.gf``
files for each language //L//. The
[morphological paradigms http://www.grammaticalframework.org/lib/doc/synopsis.html#toc78]
of the GF resource library should be used. Actions (prefixed with ``A``, as ``AWant``) are
a little more demanding, since they also require syntax constructors. Greetings (prefixed
with ``G``) are pure strings.
Here are the steps to follow for contributors:
+ Make sure you have the latest sources
from [GF Darcs http://www.grammaticalframework.org/doc/gf-developers.html], using ``darcs pull``.
+ Also make sure that you have compiled the library by ``make present`` in ``gf/lib/src/``.
+ Work in the directory [``gf/examples/phrasebook/`` http://code.haskell.org/gf/examples/phrasebook/].
+ After you've finished your contribution, recompile the phrasebook by ``make``.
+ Save your changes in ``darcs record .`` (in the ``phrasebook`` subdirectory).
+ Make a patch file with ``darcs send -o my_phrasebook_patch``, which you can send to GF maintainers.
+ (Recommended:) Test the phrasebook on your local server:
+ Go to ``gf/src/server/`` and follow the instructions in the
[project Wiki http://code.google.com/p/grammatical-framework/wiki/LaunchWebDemos].
+ Make sure that ``Phrasebook.pgf`` is available to you GF server (see project wiki).
+ Launch ``lighttpd`` (see project wiki).
+ How you can open ``gf/examples/phrasebook/www/phrasebook.html`` and use your phrasebook!
+ Don't delete anything! But you are free to correct incorrect forms.
+ Don't change the module structure! But you are free to add a new language.
+ Don't compromise quality to gain coverage: //non multa sed multum!//
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