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==Contacts==
nobody here but us chickens !
 
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Marina Kustova<br />
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marinakoustova@gmail.com<br />
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Github, SourceForge, IRC: edgeandpearl<br />
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Moscow (GMT+3)<br />
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==Why? ==
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===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, a very useful and perspective line of work.
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===Why Apertium?===
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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.<br />
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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.
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==The task==
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===Which of the published tasks are you interested in? ===
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Adopting Faroese -> Norwegian (Bokmål) pair.
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===Why Google and Apertium should sponsor it?===
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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===
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====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 />
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* 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====
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* Exploring and evaluating the available resources for Faroese.
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====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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<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==
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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 />
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'''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 />
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'''Other computer skills:''' HTML+CSS.<br />
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==Non-GSoC summer plans==
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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 />
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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]]

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.