Welsh to English

Todo

• Fix multiword verbs in bilingual dictionary -- and add ones non-existent in English dictionary to that dictionary
• Remove items which are in English dictionary but not Welsh/Bilingual
• Fix verb conjugation in the Welsh analyser
• Add restrictions in the bidix
• Fix numbers
• Add adverbs
• More thorough handling of contractions (i'ch, a'u, ...) — including preblank
• Add pre-verbal particles (basic functionality)
• Add adjective macro to all chunks

Roadmap

apertium-cy-en 0.1

• 8,000 of the highest frequency words in each dictionary.
• Rules dealing with basic verb tenses (past, present, future)
• Basic word re-ordering for simple phrases.

Aims and uses

• For a non-native speaker to be able to discern the topic of a general news item.
• To be able to identify who said what to who.
• To be able to distinguish is a particular item is interesting enough to be translated properly.
• Sentences of up to 5 words should be translated reasonably well from Welsh to English.

Report

• Coverage:
  • Wikipedia (753,741 words): 85.5%
  • PNAW (11,684,177 words): 94%
  • BBC Newyddion (144,887 words): 91%

apertium-cy-en 0.2

• 0.1 performance and coverage for English to Welsh.

apertium-cy-en 0.5

• Properly capitalised sentences.
• Get the number for nouns from the appropriate place. e.g. sometimes from the det, sometimes from the noun.

apertium-cy-en 1.0

• Handling of gender and number in adjectives