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Example sentences
 
Example sentences
 
* Bola (ball) is chosen in the following example:
 
* Bola (ball) is chosen in the following example:
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** Sublion <i>(borrow)</i> mo si bola ki Jose (Borrow the ball from Jacob)
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** Sublion mo si bola ki Jose (<i>Borrow</i> the <b>ball</b> from Jacob)
 
* Komplimenta (compliment) is chosen in the following example:
 
* Komplimenta (compliment) is chosen in the following example:
 
** <example here>
 
** <example here>

Revision as of 20:17, 30 March 2017

Resources for machine translation between Bikol and Chamorro

Developed Resources

Translation Repositories

bcl → cha Evalutaion

  • WER = 94.74%
  • PER = 84.21%
  • Proportion of stems translated correctly = 100.00%

cha → bcl Evaluation

  • WER = 90.91%
  • PER = 86.36%
  • Proportion of stems translated correctly = 100.00%

Lexical Selection

Find at least two cases in each direction of a one-to-many mapping.

Bikol-Chamorro

bóla

In Bikol, bóla means ball or compliment. In Chamorro, ball = bola and compliment = komplimenta.

Lexical selection between bola and komplimenta is guided by the following rules:

  • Bola (ball) is chosen when:
    • Preceded by a verb such as throw, toss, catch, play, buy, borrow, lend, bounce
    • Followed by an adjective such as round, colors

Example sentences

  • Bola (ball) is chosen in the following example:
    • Sublion mo si bola ki Jose (Borrow the ball from Jacob)
  • Komplimenta (compliment) is chosen in the following example:
    • <example here>

glóbo

In Bikol, glóbo means map or balloon. In Chamorro, map = mapa and balloon = abubu.

For now, the default selection is set to translate glóbo to abubu, or balloon in English.

Chamorro-Bikol

  • In Chamorro, guakse means to scrub (clothes) or to turn inside out. In Bikol, to scrub (clothes) is kuró-kusó and to turn inside out is balík.
  • maggem means cautious or damp. In Bikol, máan means cautious and basá means damp.