Central Kurdish and English/Lexical selection - Revision history

Rkamal1: /* ckb → eng */

2021-04-26T02:45:39Z

‎ckb → eng

2021-04-26T02:40:46Z

‎ckb → eng

2021-04-26T02:28:22Z

2021-04-25T17:07:46Z

‎ژن → woman, wife

2021-04-25T17:06:26Z

‎زمان → tongue, language

2021-04-25T17:06:08Z

‎ckb → eng

2021-04-22T19:15:02Z

‎ckb → eng

2021-04-22T19:14:29Z

‎بیر → water well, thought

2021-04-22T19:13:51Z

‎ckb → eng

2021-04-22T19:12:05Z

‎بیر → water well, thought

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 The word translates into "language" if the sentence contains the names of some other languages. The default translation is "tongue."
 === ژن → woman, wife ===
 This is not a real solution; the default translation is just set as "woman" because it's more frequent.
 === بیر → (water) well, thought ===
 The translation defaults to "thought" unless the word is close to "water" or "oil."

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 === زمان → tongue, language ===
-The word translates into "tongue" if the sentence contains the Kurdish words for mouth and tooth. The default translation is "language."
+The word translates into "language" if the sentence contains the names of some other languages. The default translation is "tongue."
 === ژن → woman, wife ===
-If the word is close to the word for "husband" or the verb هێنان (to bring) which is used commonly with "wife" in contexts such as marriage, it is wife. The default translation is "woman."
+This is not a real solution; the default translation is just set as "woman" because it's more frequent.
 === بیر → (water) well, thought ===
 The translation defaults to "thought" unless the word is close to "water" or "oil."

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 === ژن → woman, wife ===
-If the word is followed by a definite or indefinite prefix (ژنەکە، ژنێک) then it is probably "a/the woman" and not "a/the wife." If instead the word is close to the word for "husband" the verb هێنان (to bring) which is used commonly with "wife" in contexts such as marriage, it is wife. The default translation is "woman."
+If the word is close to the word for "husband" or the verb هێنان (to bring) which is used commonly with "wife" in contexts such as marriage, it is wife. The default translation is "woman."
 === بیر → (water) well, thought ===
 The translation defaults to "thought" unless the word is close to "water" or "oil."

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 === ژن → woman, wife ===
-If the word is followed by a definite or indefinite prefix (ژنەکە، ژنێک) then it is probably "a/the woman" and not "a/the wife." Another heuristic is that the verb هێنان (to bring) is used commonly with "wife" in contexts such as marriage, so if the word is followed by هێنان, it is wife.
+If the word is followed by a definite or indefinite prefix (ژنەکە، ژنێک) then it is probably "a/the woman" and not "a/the wife." If instead the word is close to the word for "husband" the verb هێنان (to bring) which is used commonly with "wife" in contexts such as marriage, it is wife. The default translation is "woman."
 === بیر → (water) well, thought ===
 The translation defaults to "thought" unless the word is close to "water" or "oil."

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 === زمان → tongue, language ===
-The word translates into "tongue" if the sentence contains the Kurdish words for mouth and tooth.
+The word translates into "tongue" if the sentence contains the Kurdish words for mouth and tooth. The default translation is "language."
 === ژن → woman, wife ===

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:06, 25 April 2021
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	=== بیر → (water) well, thought ===		=== بیر → (water) well, thought ===

−	The translation defaults to "thought" unless the word is ~~closed~~ to ~~the word for~~ "water" or "oil."	+	The translation defaults to "thought" unless the word is close to "water" or "oil."
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−	~~=== دان → tooth, grain ===~~
−
−	~~=== خاڵ → uncle, point ===~~

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 == ckb → eng ==
-There are several cases of one-to-many mappings of lexemes from Sorani Kurdish to English. The objective of this assignment is to be able to choose the correct mapping in different situations depending on the context a lexeme is used. In order to pick a default for each pair of translations, I cited the [http://corpus.leeds.ac.uk/frqc/internet-en.num frequency distribution of English lemmae to get an idea of which one is more commonly used.
+There are several cases of one-to-many mappings of lexemes from Sorani Kurdish to English. The objective of this assignment is to be able to choose the correct mapping in different situations depending on the context a lexeme is used. In order to pick a default for each pair of translations, I cited the [http://corpus.leeds.ac.uk/frqc/internet-en.num frequency distribution of English lemmae] to get an idea of which one is more commonly used.
 === زمان → tongue, language ===

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 If the word is followed by a definite or indefinite prefix (ژنەکە، ژنێک) then it is probably "a/the woman" and not "a/the wife." Another heuristic is that the verb هێنان (to bring) is used commonly with "wife" in contexts such as marriage, so if the word is followed by هێنان, it is wife.
-=== بیر → water well, thought ===
+=== بیر → (water) well, thought ===
-The translation defaults to "thought" unless the word is surrounded by the word for "water."
+The translation defaults to "thought" unless the word is closed to the word for "water" or "oil."
 === دان → tooth, grain ===
 === خاڵ → uncle, point ===