WiKLaTS

WiKLaTS - WikiKnowledge for Language Translation Systems

WiKLaTS is a complex project, that want to develop a complete environment to create and manage languages pairs with a cooperative paradigm support in Apertium.

Some visionary objectives are:

• Control Version of the Language Pairs
• Possibility the manager of Unique Monolingual Dictionary for each Language. (Today any pair has his own monolingual Dictionary for the pair involved)
• A Portal that people can apply and suggest new words, or new symbols, or new rules but with a interface that guide for end users can do it.
• Integrated Development, where people can change dictionaries, export o apertium and test on-line.
• (Post Your visionary Idea)

Reality

 This is a visionary and difficult project. So we`ll try to create small projects to part the complexity.
 We think to develop the project with J2EE technologies and extra OpenSource components.
 Each small project or version will be a GAP and GAPs will be described.

First GAP: Monolingual, Bilingual Dictionary Manager

The idea is a tool to manager initially the apertium files with a better interface. In this first version the objective is:

• Manipulate Completely Monolingual and Bilingual Dictionary's.
• With this tool developers will not need to manager xml files direct. (Monolingual and Bilingual Dictionary's)
• They will open xml Files of Monolingual and Bilingual Dictionary's, edit then with the interface and the xml file will be generated automatically .

A On-line non-functional Prototype of this GAP is disponible at www.alessiojr.com/wiklats.

• The prototype is developed with Adobe-Flex Technology and to see the prototype the user need a Flash Player Plugin.
• The Objective of the prototype is to show and try to simulate the interface. Help to find new features.
• For the end project the Idea is to develop a Complete J2EE system but with a choice with Flex or JSF Apresentation.

It has 3 Parts :

Monolingual Dictionary:

 Charge, manipulate and save Monolingual Dictionary Files. Each interface have to cover many features it's possible

• Language
  • Chose a Monolingual Dictionary
  • Charge the XML content, show Statistics, show a Description of the file and a Log(Memo) of changes.

• Symbols
  • List of symbols of the language selected.
  • Possibility to include a new Symbol
  • Each Symbol may have a description
  • Will be develop a new and better for to show to end user how Symbols can be organized. Only for information
    • Like a Tree View of Grammatical Categories, of by Sintatic classification are primary ideas

• Paradigm
• Lemmas

Bilingual Dictionary

 A interface to link words of 2 Monolingual Files.

• Select Languages A:
  • Statistics of the Language A

• Select Language B:
  • Statistics of the Language B

• Auto-Select the Bilingual Dictionary A-B
  • Show Statistics of the process

• Bilingual Dictionary Development
  • Help to find words in Language A and B
  • When Select a word, show paradigms
  • Show equal words with different meanings.
  • Bilingual Wizard Interface:
    • User can put a sentence tranlated, the system can show the word apertium dictionary recoganized and link words with a GUI interfaces.

 Like (English and Portuguese):
 "Yes, I Do" and "Sim, Eu Posso" -> The user only drag the word Yes and Drop in the Word Sim. Repeat the process for each word and the software can pre-link this words.

Transfer Rules (Future, only for Post ideas)

 A interface to link words of 2 Monolingual Files.

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