Kperalt1/Final Project

Resources for machine translation between Shanghainese and English

• Resources developed for Shanghainese:
  • Link to resources developed for Shanghainese: [1]
• Resources developed for English:

External Resources

• Link to repository language pair:[2]
• Link to Shanghainese repository transducer:[3]
• Link to English repository transducer:[4]
• Link to Shanghainese to English Text: [5]

Shanghainese wuu → English eng Sentence Evaluation

Sentences

• (1) wuu: 我爱侬。
  • eng: I love you.
  • lexical transfer output: ^我<prn><pers><p1><sg>/I<prn><p1><sg><mf>$ ^爱<vblex>/love<vblex><pres>$ ^侬<prn><pers><p2><sg>/you<prn><pers><p2><sg><mf>$ ^.<sent>/.<sent>
  • full translation output: #I #love #you .

• (2) wuu: 我有很多朋友。
  • eng: I have many friends.
  • lexical transfer output: ^我<prn><pers><p1><sg>/I<prn><p1><sg><mf>$ ^有<vblex>/have<vblex><pres>$ ^很多<adj>/many<det><qnt><pl>$ ^朋友<n>/friends<n><pl>$ ^.<sent>/.<sent>
  • full translation output: #I #have many #friends .

• (3) wuu: 侬欢喜唱歌伐？
  • eng: Do you like singing?
  • lexical transfer output: ^侬<prn><pers><p2><sg>/you<prn><pers><p2><sg>$ ^欢喜<vblex>/like<vblex>$ ^唱歌<vblex>/singing<vblex>$ ^伐<qst>/$ ^.<sent>/.<sent>
  • full translation output: #you #like #singing .

• (4) wuu: 早上好。
  • eng: Good morning.
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• (5) wuu: 侬要吃茶还是吃咖啡啊？
  • eng: Do you want to drink tea or coffee?
  • lexical transfer output: ^侬<prn><pers><p2><sg>/you<prn><pers><p2><sg><mf>$ ^要<vaux>/want<vblex><pres>$ ^吃<vblex>/to eat<vblex><pres>/to drink<vblex><pres>$ ^茶<n>/tea<n><sg>$ ^还是<cnjcoo>/or<cnjcoo>$ ^吃<vblex>/to eat<vblex><pres>/to drink<vblex><pres>$ ^咖啡<n>/coffee<n><sg>$ ^啊<part>/$ ^.<sent>/.<sent>
  • full translation output: #you #want #to drink #tea or #to drink #coffee .

• (6) wuu: 是我个，勿是伊个。
  • eng: It's mine, not his.
  • lexical transfer output:^是<vaux>/is<vbser><pres><p3><sg>$ ^我<prn><pers><p1><sg><pos>/my<det><pos><p1><mf><sg>$ ^，<cm>/,<cm>$ ^勿是<vaux>/not<adv>$ ^伊<prn><pers><p3><sg><pos>/his<prn><pos><p3><m><sg>/hers<prn><pos><p3><f><sg>$ ^.<sent>/.<sent>
  • full translation output: #is #my , not #his .

• (7) wuu: 搿是我个行李。
  • eng: Here is my baggage.
  • lexical transfer output: ^搿<adj>/here<adj>$ ^是<vaux>/is<vaux>$ ^我<prn><pers><p1><sg><pos>/my<prn><pers><p1><sg><pos>/mine<prn><pers><p1><sg><pos>$ ^行李<n>/baggage<n>$ ^.<sent>/.<sent>
  • full translation output: #here #is #my #baggage .

• (8) wuu: 伊是法国人。
  • eng: She is French. or He is French.
  • lexical transfer output: ^伊<prn><pers><p3><sg>/he<prn><subj><p3><m><sg>/it<prn><obj><p3><nt><sg>/him<prn><obj><p3><m><sg>/her<prn><obj><p3><f><sg>/she<prn><subj><p3><f><sg>$ ^是<vaux>/is<vbser><pres><p3><sg>$ ^法国人<n>/French<n><pl>$ ^.<sent>/.<sent
  • full translation output: #he #is #French .

• (9) wuu: 我每天六点钟起床。
  • eng: I get up at six every day.
  • lexical transfer output: ^我<prn><pers><p1><sg>/I<prn><p1><sg><mf>$ ^每天<adv>/every day<adv>$ ^六点钟<n>/six<num><pl>$ ^起床<vblex>/wake up<vblex><inf>$ ^.<sent>/.<sent>
  • full translation output: #I every day #six #wake up .

• (10) wuu: 一、二、三、四、五、六、七、八、九、十。
  • eng: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, right, nine, ten.
  • lexical transfer output: ^一<num>/one<num><sg>$ ^、<cm>/,<cm>$ ^二<num>/two<num><pl>$ ^、<cm>/,<cm>$ ^三<num>/three<num><pl>$ ^、<cm>/,<cm>$ ^四<num>/four<num><pl>$ ^、<cm>/,<cm>$ ^五<num>/five<num><pl>$ ^、<cm>/,<cm>$ ^六<num>/six<num><pl>$ ^、<cm>/,<cm>$ ^七<num>/seven<num><pl>$ ^、<cm>/,<cm>$ ^八<num>/eight<num><pl>$ ^、<cm>/,<cm>$ ^九<num>/nine<num><pl>$ ^、<cm>/,<cm>$ ^十<num>/ten<num><pl>$ ^.<sent>/.<sent>
  • full translation output: one , two , three , four , five , six , seven , eight , nine , ten .

• (11) wuu: 侬要走啦？
  • eng: Do you want to go?
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• (12) wuu: 麻烦侬了。
  • eng: Sorry to trouble you.
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• (13) wuu: 我老勿好意思个。
  • eng: I'm too ashamed.
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• (14) wuu: 谢谢侬噢！
  • eng: Thank you!
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• (15) wuu: 昨日是啥个天气？
  • eng: What was the weather yesterday?
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• (16) wuu: 明朝要落雪。
  • eng: It will snow tomorrow.
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• (17) wuu: 侬住拉阿里搭？
  • eng: Where do you live?
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• (18) wuu: 侬要多少钞票？
  • eng: How much money do you want?
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• (19) wuu: 对勿起。
  • eng: Excuse me.
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• (20) wuu: 侬非常勇敢。
  • eng: You are very brave.
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• (21) wuu: 侬选好了伐？
  • eng: Have you chosen?
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• (22) wuu: 够了。
  • eng: That's enough.
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• (23) wuu: 皮带是棕颜色个。
  • eng: The belt is brown.
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• (24) wuu: 我欢喜我个闲话。
  • eng: I like my language.
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• (25) wuu: 我有一支笔。
  • eng: I have a pen.
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• (26) wuu: 有四个方向，东，南，西，北。
  • eng: There are four cardinal points, East, south, west and north.
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• (27) wuu: 一年有四季，春夏秋冬。
  • eng: There are four seasons in a year, spring, summer, fall and winter.
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• (28) wuu: 请拿。
  • eng: Take it, please.
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• (29) wuu: 我是游客。
  • eng: I'm a tourist.
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• (30) wuu: 现在我可以走了𠲎？
  • eng: Can I leave now?
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• (31) wuu: 我会得弹钢琴。
  • eng: I can play piano.
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• (32) wuu: 打网球是伊个兴趣。
  • eng: Playing tennis is his hobby.
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• (33) wuu: 勿是我个。
  • eng: It's not mine.
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• (34) wuu: 我學習中國言話。
  • eng: We learn Chinese.
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• (35) wuu: 我申请了签证。
  • eng: I applied for a visa.
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• (36) wuu: 伊啥人啊？
  • eng: Who is he?
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• (37) wuu: 吾欢喜吾额工作。
  • eng: I like my job.
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• (38) wuu: 吾老撒度额。
  • eng: I'm so tired.
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• (39) wuu: 生日快乐!
  • eng: Happy birthday!
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• (40) wuu: 再会！
  • eng: Bye!
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• (41) wuu: 房间里向有老多学生子。
  • eng: There are many students in the room.
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• (42) wuu: 伊会得讲十种语言。
  • eng: He can speak ten languages.
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• (43) wuu: 吾嘴巴干。
  • eng: I'm thirsty.
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• (44) wuu: 吾肚皮饿了。
  • eng: I am hungry.
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• (45) wuu: 吾肚皮痛。
  • eng: I have a stomachache.
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• (46) wuu: 伊是个好人。
  • eng: He is a good person.
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• (47) wuu: 我要吃鱼跟海鲜。
  • eng: I want to eat fish and seafood.
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Statistics about input files

• Number of words in reference: 8339
• Number of words in test: 10077
• Number of unknown words (marked with a star) in test: 5756
• Percentage of unknown words: 57.12 %

Results when removing unknown-word marks (stars)

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• Edit distance: 10630
• Word error rate (WER): 127.47 %
• Number of position-independent correct words: 49
• Position-independent word error rate (PER): 120.25 %