Difference between revisions of "Lingala and Kikuyu/Lexical Selection"
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The Lingala noun mabele can be translated as follows: | The Lingala noun mabele can be translated as follows: | ||
* (lin) mabele → (kik) thanga (sand); ria (milk) | * (lin) mabele → (kik) thanga (sand); ria (milk) | ||
| + | To (mostly) solve this, we made generalizations based on the meaning of the preceding rule. We chose a default translation of thanga since this is the only way mabele is used in our parallel corpus. We override the default translation when mabele is preceded by "bololo" (sour), "kotoka" (pour), or "komela" (drink), since these are the most likely contexts in which mabele would refer to milk. Obviously this misses a couple of cases, but it helps. The following sentences can be used to test both rules: | ||
| + | * na mabele ("from the earth/sand," should be translated thanga) (it's a bit odd to use mabele here, but this example is taken verbatim from our corpus) | ||
| + | * nabuákí mabele ("I throw sand," should be translated thanga) | ||
| + | * bololo mabele ("sour milk," should be translated ria) | ||
| + | * atokí mabele ("He pours milk," should be translated ria) | ||
| + | * tomelí mabele ("We drink milk," should be translated ria) | ||
====Kobéta==== | ====Kobéta==== | ||
Revision as of 01:45, 28 March 2017
This page details the lexical selection process for machine translation between Lingala and Kikuyu for one-to-many mappings.
Contents
lin → kik
Solved Ambiguities
We have implemented rules to solve two ambiguous translations from Lingala to Kikuyu.
Mabele
The Lingala noun mabele can be translated as follows:
- (lin) mabele → (kik) thanga (sand); ria (milk)
To (mostly) solve this, we made generalizations based on the meaning of the preceding rule. We chose a default translation of thanga since this is the only way mabele is used in our parallel corpus. We override the default translation when mabele is preceded by "bololo" (sour), "kotoka" (pour), or "komela" (drink), since these are the most likely contexts in which mabele would refer to milk. Obviously this misses a couple of cases, but it helps. The following sentences can be used to test both rules:
- na mabele ("from the earth/sand," should be translated thanga) (it's a bit odd to use mabele here, but this example is taken verbatim from our corpus)
- nabuákí mabele ("I throw sand," should be translated thanga)
- bololo mabele ("sour milk," should be translated ria)
- atokí mabele ("He pours milk," should be translated ria)
- tomelí mabele ("We drink milk," should be translated ria)
Kobéta
The Lingala verb kobéta can be translated as follows:
- (lin) kobéta → (kik) ??? (to beat (as in hit)); ??? (to rain)
Unsolved Ambiguities
Kokíma
The Lingala verb kokíma can be translated as follows:
- (lin) kokíma → (kik) hanyũk (to run); ũr (to run away)
Kofánda
The Lingala verb kofánda can be translated as follows:
- (lin) kofánda → (kik) ikar (to sit); tũũr (to live (as in reside))
kobánza
The Lingala verb kobánza can be translated as follows:
- (lin) kobánza → (kik) ĩcir (to think); ririkan (to remember)
kik → lin
Solved Ambiguities
We have implemented rules to solve one ambiguous translation from Kikuyu to Lingala.
Ria
The Kikuyu noun ria can be translated as follows:
- (kik) ria → (lin) mabele (milk); etimá (pond)
Unsolved Ambiguities
Igu
The Kikuyu verb igu can be translated as follows:
- (kik) igu → (lin) kotosa (to obey); koyoka (to hear)
Rut
The Kikukyu verb rut can be translated as follows:
- (kik) rut → (lin) koyekola (to learn); kokukula (to remove)
