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| − | :*To tell the time in Sardinian, one says "sas nove" (the nine) and not "nine o'clock" (see sentences corpus for example) | + | :*To tell the time in Sardinian, one says "a sas nove" (the nine) and not "at nine [o'clock]" (see sentences corpus for example) |
| − | ::So, we opted to translate "su" (the) as " | + | ::So, we opted to translate "su" (the) as "[null]" when followed by a number and preceded by "a", to translate "su" as (the) when followed by a noun modified by optional adjectives and preceded by "a," and to translate "su" as (the) when followed by a noun but not necessarily preceded by "a." |
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| + | *'''We also added a rule that ensures "est" translates to "is" and not "east."''' | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:04, 3 May 2023
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- Cases of a one-to-many translation and sentences where the meaning is unambiguous:
- Rule #1: "pro" in Sardinian can be translated as both "for" and "to":
- Pro bider s'artìculu sighire custu culligamentu. → To read the article click on this link.
- Pro su libru meu mandico sa pasta kin casu. → For my book I ate pasta with cheese.
- Rule #2: "de" translates to "to" and "of":
- Custu artìculu chircat de bogare a pizu sos ammentos documentados de cando si tenzeint sas primas disputas tra poetes a bolu e cale esserent sas règulas de su cunfrontu. → The article tries to shed light on the period to which the first testimonies of competitions between improvising poets date back and the modalities that characterized the confrontation.
- Appo pèrditu duos de sos libros meos → I have lost two of my books
- Generalizations:
- Rule #1: when "pro" is followed by a verb, we should have the mapping "pro → to"
- Rule #2: when "de" preceded by a number, we should have the mapping "de → of"
- (When these rules don't apply, the translations "pro → for" and "de → to" are used.)
- Second extra lrx rule (for polished RBMT lab)
- "a" in Sardinian can be translated to both "to" and "at" in English
- Ex: "a sas nove" → "at nine [o'clock]"
- Ex2: "Sun andatos a Frantza." → "They went to France."
- So, we opted to translate "a" to "to" in general usage but to translate "a" to "at" when it occurs in a time-telling phrase (i.e. when followed by a determiner (the) and a number).
- Third extra lrx rule (for polished RBMT lab)
- To tell the time in Sardinian, one says "a sas nove" (the nine) and not "at nine [o'clock]" (see sentences corpus for example)
- So, we opted to translate "su" (the) as "[null]" when followed by a number and preceded by "a", to translate "su" as (the) when followed by a noun modified by optional adjectives and preceded by "a," and to translate "su" as (the) when followed by a noun but not necessarily preceded by "a."
- We also added a rule that ensures "est" translates to "is" and not "east.",,
