Difference between revisions of "Belize Creole and English"

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1. How yoo ku seh yoo si Aybraham?”
 
1. How yoo ku seh yoo si Aybraham?”
  
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*Intended translation: "You have seen Abraham!"
 
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2. Da mai Faada da di Wan weh prayz mee.  
 
2. Da mai Faada da di Wan weh prayz mee.  
  
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*Intended translation: In fact, my glory is conferred by the Father,
 
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3. 53 Yoo grayta dan fi wee ansesta Aybraham den?  
 
3. 53 Yoo grayta dan fi wee ansesta Aybraham den?  
  
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*Intended translation: Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead?
 
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4. Wel, hihn ahn di prafit dehn ded.  
 
4. Wel, hihn ahn di prafit dehn ded.  
  
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*Intended translation: The prophets are dead too.
 
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5. Soh da hoo yoo tink yoo soh?”  
 
5. Soh da hoo yoo tink yoo soh?”  
  
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*Intended translation: Who are you claiming to be?'
 
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6. Wai unu noh andastan weh Ah di seh?  
 
6. Wai unu noh andastan weh Ah di seh?  
  
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*Intended translation: Why do you not understand what I say?
 
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7. Da kaa unu rifyooz fi aksep di ting dehn weh Ah di teech unu.  
 
7. Da kaa unu rifyooz fi aksep di ting dehn weh Ah di teech unu.  
  
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*Intended translation: Because you cannot bear to listen to my words.
 
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8. Unu da fahn fi unu pa weh da di devl, ahn unu waahn du weh hihn seh.  
 
8. Unu da fahn fi unu pa weh da di devl, ahn unu waahn du weh hihn seh.  
  
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*Intended translation: You are from your father, the devil, and you prefer to do what your father wants.
 
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9. Bot unu si, now dat Ai di tel unu di chroot, unu noh bileev mi.  
 
9. Bot unu si, now dat Ai di tel unu di chroot, unu noh bileev mi.  
  
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*Intended translation: But it is because I speak the truth that you do not believe me.
 
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10. 46 Wich wan a unu ku paint finga pahn mee ahn akyooz mi seh Ai sin?  
 
10. 46 Wich wan a unu ku paint finga pahn mee ahn akyooz mi seh Ai sin?  
  
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*Intended translation: Can any of you convict me of sin?
 
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Revision as of 22:44, 28 March 2025

Resources for machine translation between Belize Creole and English

Developed Resources

https://github.swarthmore.edu/Ling073-sp25/ling073-bzj-eng-corpus

Belize Creole → English Evaluation

Monolingual transducer coverage:

Bilingual transducer coverage:

Sentences Translated

1. How yoo ku seh yoo si Aybraham?”

  • Intended translation: "You have seen Abraham!"
  • Lexical transfer mode output:
  • Full translation mode output:

2. Da mai Faada da di Wan weh prayz mee.

  • Intended translation: In fact, my glory is conferred by the Father,
  • Lexical transfer mode output:
  • Full translation mode output:

3. 53 Yoo grayta dan fi wee ansesta Aybraham den?

  • Intended translation: Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead?
  • Lexical transfer mode output:
  • Full translation mode output:

4. Wel, hihn ahn di prafit dehn ded.

  • Intended translation: The prophets are dead too.
  • Lexical transfer mode output:
  • Full translation mode output:

5. Soh da hoo yoo tink yoo soh?”

  • Intended translation: Who are you claiming to be?'
  • Lexical transfer mode output:
  • Full translation mode output:

6. Wai unu noh andastan weh Ah di seh?

  • Intended translation: Why do you not understand what I say?
  • Lexical transfer mode output:
  • Full translation mode output:

7. Da kaa unu rifyooz fi aksep di ting dehn weh Ah di teech unu.

  • Intended translation: Because you cannot bear to listen to my words.
  • Lexical transfer mode output:
  • Full translation mode output:

8. Unu da fahn fi unu pa weh da di devl, ahn unu waahn du weh hihn seh.

  • Intended translation: You are from your father, the devil, and you prefer to do what your father wants.
  • Lexical transfer mode output:
  • Full translation mode output:

9. Bot unu si, now dat Ai di tel unu di chroot, unu noh bileev mi.

  • Intended translation: But it is because I speak the truth that you do not believe me.
  • Lexical transfer mode output:
  • Full translation mode output:

10. 46 Wich wan a unu ku paint finga pahn mee ahn akyooz mi seh Ai sin?

  • Intended translation: Can any of you convict me of sin?
  • Lexical transfer mode output:
  • Full translation mode output: