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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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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) |
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