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− | == Contact information<br>== |
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− | '''Name''': Linh Le<br> |
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− | '''Email address''': linh.ai.le@gmail.com<br> |
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− | '''Nick on IRC#apertium''': LinhLe<br> |
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− | '''Sourceforge username''':<br> |
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− | == Why is it that you are interested in learning about machine translation? == |
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− | Born as a Vietnamese in Vietnam, I have learning English since I was a kid, since it has always been deemed as an essential tool for people in my generation. However, I also understand that because learning a language not only takes time, effort and dedication but also a lot of money, and that not everyone has the opportunity and resources to do so. Therefore, in my opinion, machine translation is a useful alternative for people who wish to approach resources in other languages for their careers, entertainment or (life exp). |
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− | == Why are you interested in Apertium project? == |
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− | First of all, since Apertium is an open-source project, everyone can contribute and I think that this system is perfect for language translation. Since language is created by, developed by, affected by, and used by people, it requires human involvement and human understanding. *edit* |
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− | Second, despite having no immediate relations, there are many similarities in the grammar structures of the specific pair of language that I'm thinking about (Vietnamese<->English), and therefore I believe that the rule-based MT Apertium can provide a system () |
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− | == Which of the published tasks are you interested in? What do you plan to do? == |
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− | I'm interested in '''Adopting an unreleased pair''', specifically the pair Vietnamese - English. |
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− | == Proposal == |
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− | ==== Adopting unreleased Vietnamese-English pair and bringing it to release quality ==== |
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− | ====== Why Google and Apertium should sponsor it ====== |
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− | Although Vietnamese is spoken by around 90 million people in Vietnam, and the 7th most spoken language in the US and the 6th in Australia, there is not much () |
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− | ====== Work plan ====== |
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− | Post-application period: |
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− | * Continue working on the coding challenge. |
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− | * Learn more about XML, CG |
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− | Bonding period: |
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− | * Continue working on the coding challenge (if it hasn't been completed). |
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− | * Get familiar: |
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− | ** Be on IRC often and get used to the community |
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− | ** Read through the already available files for vi-en translation. Read through other available documents |
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− | ** Learn more about XML, CG |
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− | * Prepare rough corpora and/or get one that is already available. |
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− | * Learn more about both English and Vietnamese, focusing more on Vietnamese, since English has already available file support. |
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− | * Gather available online and offline dictionary resources |
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− | Week 1 (May 19-25)<br> |
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− | * Create rough versions of two morphological dictionaries<br> |
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− | (Around 3000 words in each, including all types)<br> |
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− | <br> |
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− | Week 2 (May 26- June 1)<br> |
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− | * 3500 words in dix |
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− | * Start lexical rules |
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− | * Start transfer rules |
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− | * Start bilingual dictionary |
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− | * Document |
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− | Week 3 (June 2-8) |
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− | * Run testvoc |
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− | * Write transfer rules |
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− | * 4000 words in dix |
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− | * Expand bilingual dix |
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− | * (If possible) 400-word evaluation (coverage 60%) |
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− | * Document |
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− | Week 4 (June 8-15) |
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− | * 400-word corpus test (WER 50%, coverage 60-70%) |
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− | * Add transfer rules |
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− | * 4800 words in dix |
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− | * Document |
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− | Deliverable: 2 monolingual dix and bilingual dix |
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− | Week 5 (June 16-22) |
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− | * Add more transfer rules |
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− | * Start lexical selection rules (pay special attention to pronouns, determiner, indefinite, etc.) |
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− | * 5300 words in dix |
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− | * Expand bilingual dix |
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− | * Document |
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− | Week 6 (June 23-29) |
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− | * Finish midterm evaluation |
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− | * Add lexical selection rules |
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− | * Add transfer rules |
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− | * Expand bilingual dix |
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− | * 5500 words in dix |
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− | * Run testvoc |
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− | * Document |
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− | Week 7 (June 30- July 6) |
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− | * |
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− | Week 8 (July 7-13) |
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− | * 1000-word corpus test (coverage 70-80%, WER 55%) |
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− | * |
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− | Deliverable: More complete dix and rules |
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− | Week 9 (July 14-20) |
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− | Week 10 (July 21-27) |
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− | Week 11 (July 28-August 3) |
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− | Week 12 (August 3-9) |
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− | Deliverable: |
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− | Completion (August 10-22) |