Google Summer of Code/Application 2016
- Being prepared by mlforcada, new template!
Public Profile
Website URL
Tagline
A free/open-source rule-based machine translation platform
Logo
Primary Open Source License
GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0)
Technology Tags
C++, Python, Perl, XML, finite-state technology
Topic Tags
machine translation, computer-aided translation, morphological analysis, natural language processing, human language technologies
Ideas list
http://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Ideas_for_Google_Summer_of_Code (to be updated)
Descriptions
Short Description
Free/open-source rule-based machine translation platform
Long Description
Apertium is a free/open-source machine translation platform, initially aimed at related-language pairs (such as Spanish–Catalan) but which has been expanded to deal with more divergent language pairs (such as English-Catalan). The platform provides
- a language-independent machine translation engine
- tools to manage the linguistic data necessary to build a machine translation system for a given language pair and
- linguistic data for a growing number of language pairs.
Proposals
Application instructions
We have a Wiki page with tips and an application template: [1] . Here are the main tips to help you when writing your GSOC application with Apertium.
- Be realistic: We're more likely to accept realistic ideas than far-out wacky ones. But if you have a wacky idea, we might still be interested if we can turn it into something achievable in 3 months.
- Be appropriate: Demonstrate you have a knowledge of Apertium, how it works and the problem it has that you'd like to solve.
- Have a plan: Three months may seem like a long time, but it isn't. Provide a weekly plan with dates and deliverables. Leave time for getting familiar with the platform — ideally before, or in the community bonding period — and for documentation. If you plan to work on a language pair, make yourself familiar with testvoc and other quality controls, and factor those in. If you know of any breaks or absences beforehand, mention them and plan around them.
- Get in contact ASAP!: We get lots of proposals: only a few are good. Contact your potential mentor as soon as possible: send your proposal to the mailing list, ask for feedback, and refine your application based on feedback. If you are remembered, you are more likely to be picked.
- Read the Ideas Page! If you find yourself asking 'do you have any Java/Python/Fortran/x86 assembler projects...' -- you didn't read the ideas page. Read the ideas page.
Proposal Tags
new language pair, improve existing language pair, improving the engine, improved source-language analysis, improved bilingual transfer, new end-user application, improve existing end-user application, easing language data development, improving the apertium website, improved format management
Contact Methods
IRC Channel
Mailing List
General Email
apertium-contact@lists.sourceforge.net
Links
Google+ URL (optional)
Twitter URL (optional)
Blog URL (optional)
Your details
Why does your org want to participate in Google Summer of Code?
- Apertium likes GSoC: it is a programme that supports free/open-source (FOS) software as much as we do!
- Apertium needs GSoC: it offers an incredible opportunity (and resources!) allowing us to spread the word about our project, to attract new developers and consolidate the contribution of existing developers through mentoring and to improve the platform in many ways: improving the engine, generating new tools and user interfaces, making Apertium available to other applications, improving the quality of the languages currently supported, adding new languages to it.
- Apertium is committed to the advancement of less-resourced languages and GSoC gives an opportunity for computer-literate students speaking those challenged languages to generate FOS language technologies for them.
By participating we will gain: more students getting to know FOS software and the ethos that comes with it, contributing to it and, very especially students who are passionate about languages and computers.
How many potential mentors have agreed to mentor this year?
16-20
It would be nice to have every mentor sign here:
