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Open Translation Engine (OTE) Version 2.0 |
Open Translation Engine (OTE) Version 2.0 |
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The goal of the OTE project is to solve two problems found today within the open source translation community: |
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Proposal for NLnet[http://www.nlnet.nl/news/2007/20071003-call-en.html] |
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== Crowdsourcing == |
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= Abstract = |
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How can a large and divergent group of users easily build and manage translation dictionaries online? |
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The OTE will provide a suite of web-based tools to bring people together in the various tasks needed to build a workable translation dictionary. |
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== Dictionary Unification == |
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While there are many Open Source projects in the field of Machine Translation, there is a lack of tools for the community creation of translation dictionaries. The goal of the Open Translation Engine (OTE)[http://ote.2meta.com] Version 2.0 is to create a robust tool for this space. |
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How can we unify the numerous open content translation dictionaries available online? The OTE will support the import and export of many formats currently used by active open content/open source translation projects. Special attention will be paid to Apertium and Linguaphile (machine translation projects) and Wiktionary and Omegawiki (Wiki-based dictionaries) |
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= Use Cases = |
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How will the OTE be used? |
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== By the Linguistic == |
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In the field of Machine Translation, I have chosen the Apertium project as the first external format to support. |
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Apertium is a robust project with many active particpants. But there is a lack of tools to allow multiple developers to create the translation dictionaries needed to run Apertium. |
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Currently Apertium dictionaries are modified by direct editing of multiple XML files. While these XML files are versioned with Subversion, this is not an ideal solution for true community involvement. |
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The OTE will be enhanced to first support tagging of Parts of Speech (Noun, Verb, Adjective, etc). This is an important first step in order to support the second step: Dictionary Export in the proper Apertium XML formats. |
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== By the Student == |
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School / Language Learning |
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== By the Developer == |
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A primary goal of this project is to create tools that are easily useable with other Open Source projects. |
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Bootstrapping |
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= License = |
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Currently the OTE is under the BSD License. This includes both the source code and the translation dictionaries. |
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During this project, I will re-evaluate which Open Source license is the best choice, with particular attention to possible differences in needs between the source code and translation dictionaries. |
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= Project = |
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== Core System == |
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Conversion to Unicode - The current prototype is not unicode aware. Unicode is an absolute necessity to continue the project with all possible word languages. |
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Genericization of code base - The OTE will be built to be as generic as possible, thus allowing for ease of future enhancements. Currently the prototype code is hard coded with the Dutch/English language pair. |
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Install Procedure - Installation will be made as user-friendy as possible. |
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Documentation |
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== User System == |
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User accounts |
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User Permissions |
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User administration |
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== Core Tools == |
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Word Viewer |
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Dictionary Viewer |
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Dictionary Export: Export of Apertium XML dictionaries. This will allow OTE to be used as a dictionary building and management tool for Apertium. |
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Dictionary Import |
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Word-2-Word Translator |
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Classroom Tools: Random Word, Flash Cards, Word Lists |
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== Community Tools == |
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Add / Delete / Modify: Individual Word |
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Add / Delete / Modify: Tagging: Parts of Speech for a Word |
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Add / Delete / Modify: Translation Word Pairs |
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Add / Delete / Modify: Languages |
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Versioning - all words, translation pairs, and tags are versioned, allowing reversion to previous states. |
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= Misc.... = |
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Comparison of OTE to current 'translation memory' systems, such as the many gettext/.po file editor / aggregators. |
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Latest revision as of 19:40, 29 November 2007
Open Translation Engine (OTE) Version 2.0
The goal of the OTE project is to solve two problems found today within the open source translation community:
Crowdsourcing[edit]
How can a large and divergent group of users easily build and manage translation dictionaries online? The OTE will provide a suite of web-based tools to bring people together in the various tasks needed to build a workable translation dictionary.
Dictionary Unification[edit]
How can we unify the numerous open content translation dictionaries available online? The OTE will support the import and export of many formats currently used by active open content/open source translation projects. Special attention will be paid to Apertium and Linguaphile (machine translation projects) and Wiktionary and Omegawiki (Wiki-based dictionaries)
