Difference between revisions of "Fijian and English"
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Resources for machine translation between [https://wikis.swarthmore.edu/ling073/Fijian Fijian] and English | Resources for machine translation between [https://wikis.swarthmore.edu/ling073/Fijian Fijian] and English | ||
| + | ==fij → eng evaluation== | ||
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| + | ==eng → fij evaluation== | ||
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| + | ==Lexical Selection== | ||
| + | ===eng → fij one-to-many mapping=== | ||
| + | *Case 1: ''Pelu'' and ''lo’i'' describe two different kinds of bending action. | ||
| + | {{transferTest|eng|fij|bend|pelu}} (e.g. bend of metal) | ||
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| + | {{transferTest|eng|fij|bend|lo’i}} (e.g. bend at a joint) | ||
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| + | *Case 2: The third person singular pronoun in English does not distinguish between nominative and accusative case. | ||
| + | {{transferTest|eng|fij|it|e}} (subj) | ||
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| + | {{transferTest|eng|fij|it|koya}} (obj) | ||
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| + | ===fij → eng one-to-many mapping=== | ||
| + | *Case 1: The word ''levu'' can be used either as an adjective meaning "big", or a verb meaning "be a lot". | ||
| + | {{transferTest|fij|eng|levu|big}} (adj) | ||
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| + | {{transferTest|fij|eng|levu|be a lot}} (v) | ||
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| + | *Case2: Fijian does not distinguish genders on pronouns. | ||
| + | {{transferTest|fij|eng|koya|him}} | ||
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| + | {{transferTest|fij|eng|koya|her}} | ||
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| + | {{transferTest|fij|eng|koya|it}} | ||
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==Contrastive Grammar== | ==Contrastive Grammar== | ||
https://wikis.swarthmore.edu/ling073/Fijian_and_English/Contrastive_Grammar | https://wikis.swarthmore.edu/ling073/Fijian_and_English/Contrastive_Grammar | ||
Revision as of 20:48, 30 March 2018
Resources for machine translation between Fijian and English
Contents
fij → eng evaluation
eng → fij evaluation
Lexical Selection
eng → fij one-to-many mapping
- Case 1: Pelu and lo’i describe two different kinds of bending action.
(eng) bend → (fij) pelu (e.g. bend of metal)
(eng) bend → (fij) lo’i (e.g. bend at a joint)
- Case 2: The third person singular pronoun in English does not distinguish between nominative and accusative case.
(eng) it → (fij) e (subj)
(eng) it → (fij) koya (obj)
fij → eng one-to-many mapping
- Case 1: The word levu can be used either as an adjective meaning "big", or a verb meaning "be a lot".
(fij) levu → (eng) big (adj)
(fij) levu → (eng) be a lot (v)
- Case2: Fijian does not distinguish genders on pronouns.
(fij) koya → (eng) him
(fij) koya → (eng) her
(fij) koya → (eng) it
Contrastive Grammar
https://wikis.swarthmore.edu/ling073/Fijian_and_English/Contrastive_Grammar
