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===Why machine translation? === |
===Why machine translation? === |
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I am now finishing my bachelor’s degree in theoretical and computational linguistics at HSE, Moscow. Though most of my study was about the former aspect of the specialization, I am very interested in the latter as well. Machine translation appears to me, on the one hand, an exciting topic for research and, on the other |
I am now finishing my bachelor’s degree in theoretical and computational linguistics at HSE, Moscow. Though most of my study was about the former aspect of the specialization, I am very interested in the latter as well. Machine translation appears to me, on the one hand, an exciting topic for research and, on the other, a very useful and perspective line of work. |
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===Why Apertium?=== |
===Why Apertium?=== |
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===Why Google and Apertium should sponsor it?=== |
===Why Google and Apertium should sponsor it?=== |
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As a result of my work, a free open source Faroese-Norwegian translator will be brought into existence. It is going to be the first machine translation system for these two languages |
As a result of my work, a prototype of a free open source Faroese-Norwegian translator will be brought into existence. It is going to be the first machine translation system for these two languages so far. |
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===Work plan=== |
===Work plan=== |
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====Post-application period==== |
====Post-application period==== |
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* Diving into Apertium documentation and manuals,<br /> |
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* improving my knowledge of Faroese and Norwegian,<br /> |
* improving my knowledge of Faroese and Norwegian,<br /> |
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* working on |
* working on translation of [http://www.unilang.org/ulrview.php?res=416,400 the Story].<br /> |
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''During the post-application period, the following plan will become more detailed, as I get closer with the task.''<br /> |
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====Community bonding period==== |
====Community bonding period==== |
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* Exploring and evaluating the available resources for Faroese. |
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====Work period==== |
====Work period==== |
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<i>A relevant workplan for the project can be found [http://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Faroese_and_Norwegian/Workplan here].</i> |
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/will be possible to write in detail after getting done with the coding challenge and learning more about the field of work/ |
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<s>*'''Weeks 1-2:''' replenishing the Faroese dictionary |
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*'''Week 3:''' replenishing the Norwegian Bokmål dictionary, if necessary |
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*'''Week 4:''' start compiling the bilingual dictionary |
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'''Deliverable #1''' |
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*'''Week 5:''' continue compiling the bilingual dictionary |
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*'''Week 6:''' writing the lexical choices |
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*'''Weeks 7-8:''' writing transfer rules |
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'''Deliverable #2''' |
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*'''Week 9:''' checking the validity of the rules written |
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*'''Weeks 10-11:''' evaluating and testing the whole thing, adding minor fixes |
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*'''Week 12:''' cleaning up the code, writing documentation |
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'''Project completed!''' A prototype of Faroese-Norwegian pair is brought into existence.</s> |
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==Skills and qualifications== |
==Skills and qualifications== |
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By summer 2017 I will have graduated with a bachelor’s degree of theoretical and applied linguistics at NRU HSE, Moscow.<br /> |
By summer 2017 I will have graduated with a bachelor’s degree of theoretical and applied linguistics at NRU HSE, Moscow.<br /> |
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'''Languages:''' Russian (native), English (advanced), French (intermediate), Mandarin (elementary), Norwegian Bokmål (elementary).<br /> |
'''Languages:''' Russian (native), English (advanced), French (intermediate), German (elementary), Mandarin (elementary), Norwegian Bokmål (elementary).<br /> |
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'''Programming skills:''' Python, R, bash.<br /> |
'''Programming skills:''' Python, R, bash.<br /> |
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'''Other computer skills:''' HTML+CSS.<br /> |
'''Other computer skills:''' HTML+CSS.<br /> |
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I’m defending my thesis in June, so in the very first week I will probably be unable to spend more than 10-15 hours on the task.<br /> |
I’m defending my thesis in June, so in the very first week I will probably be unable to spend more than 10-15 hours on the task.<br /> |
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I’m also going to go visit some friends of mine in late June or July, right after the first or the second evaluation. That week I will probably work for about 20-25 hours.<br /> |
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For the rest of the time, I plan to work full-time, up to 50 hours a week.<br /> |
For the rest of the time, I plan to work full-time, up to 50 hours a week.<br /> |
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In July and first half of August I will stay at my parents' place. It will not affect my work, but it is GMT+10.<br /> |
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[[Category:GSoC 2017 Student Proposals|Edgeandpearl]] |
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Latest revision as of 20:18, 2 June 2017
Contacts[edit]
Marina Kustova
marinakoustova@gmail.com
Github, SourceForge, IRC: edgeandpearl
Moscow (GMT+3)
Why?[edit]
Why machine translation?[edit]
I am now finishing my bachelor’s degree in theoretical and computational linguistics at HSE, Moscow. Though most of my study was about the former aspect of the specialization, I am very interested in the latter as well. Machine translation appears to me, on the one hand, an exciting topic for research and, on the other, a very useful and perspective line of work.
Why Apertium?[edit]
I first learned about Apertium from a friend of mine, who participated in GSoC last year. Even though I haven’t worked with rule-based machine translation before, I was fascinated by the possibility of contributing to a project like that.
What impresses me most is that Apertium works with minority languages. Apart from that, the mechanism of rule-based machine translation implies that, when adopting a language pair, one has to deal with language structure. As a linguist, these factors make me extremely interested in working for Apertium.
The task[edit]
Which of the published tasks are you interested in?[edit]
Adopting Faroese -> Norwegian (Bokmål) pair.
Why Google and Apertium should sponsor it?[edit]
As a result of my work, a prototype of a free open source Faroese-Norwegian translator will be brought into existence. It is going to be the first machine translation system for these two languages so far.
Work plan[edit]
Post-application period[edit]
- Diving into Apertium documentation and manuals,
- improving my knowledge of Faroese and Norwegian,
- working on translation of the Story.
During the post-application period, the following plan will become more detailed, as I get closer with the task.
Community bonding period[edit]
- Exploring and evaluating the available resources for Faroese.
Work period[edit]
A relevant workplan for the project can be found here.
*Weeks 1-2: replenishing the Faroese dictionary
- Week 3: replenishing the Norwegian Bokmål dictionary, if necessary
- Week 4: start compiling the bilingual dictionary
Deliverable #1
- Week 5: continue compiling the bilingual dictionary
- Week 6: writing the lexical choices
- Weeks 7-8: writing transfer rules
Deliverable #2
- Week 9: checking the validity of the rules written
- Weeks 10-11: evaluating and testing the whole thing, adding minor fixes
- Week 12: cleaning up the code, writing documentation
Project completed! A prototype of Faroese-Norwegian pair is brought into existence.
Skills and qualifications[edit]
By summer 2017 I will have graduated with a bachelor’s degree of theoretical and applied linguistics at NRU HSE, Moscow.
Languages: Russian (native), English (advanced), French (intermediate), German (elementary), Mandarin (elementary), Norwegian Bokmål (elementary).
Programming skills: Python, R, bash.
Other computer skills: HTML+CSS.
Non-GSoC summer plans[edit]
I’m defending my thesis in June, so in the very first week I will probably be unable to spend more than 10-15 hours on the task.
For the rest of the time, I plan to work full-time, up to 50 hours a week.
In July and first half of August I will stay at my parents' place. It will not affect my work, but it is GMT+10.
