Difference between revisions of "Machine Transliteration"
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An online version of the paper is available here [http://aclweb.org/anthology-new/J/J98/J98-4003.pdf] | An online version of the paper is available here [http://aclweb.org/anthology-new/J/J98/J98-4003.pdf] | ||
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| + | This paper examines using [[UsesMethod::Finite State Transducer|FSTs]] to solve the problem of transliteration in [[AddressesProblem::Machine Translation|machine translation]]. Transliteration is the process of translating proper names and technical terms. In some cases, this is easier than others. The paper specifically examines Japanese-English transliteration. | ||
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| + | Japanese employs a very different phonetic alphabet from English. However, in the case of proper names, this often means doing a conversion from the English name into a more Japanese pronunciation. One example of this is that Japanese has no differentiation between 'L' and 'R', or 'F' and 'H'. While this may be easy in English-to-Japanese transliteration, it is significantly more difficult and less forgiving to do Japanese-to-English transliterations. | ||
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Revision as of 21:37, 30 October 2011
This paper is a work in progress by Francis Keith
Citation
"Machine Transliteration", K. Knight and J. Graehl, CL 1998
Online Version
An online version of the paper is available here [1]
Summary
This paper examines using FSTs to solve the problem of transliteration in machine translation. Transliteration is the process of translating proper names and technical terms. In some cases, this is easier than others. The paper specifically examines Japanese-English transliteration.
The Problem
Japanese employs a very different phonetic alphabet from English. However, in the case of proper names, this often means doing a conversion from the English name into a more Japanese pronunciation. One example of this is that Japanese has no differentiation between 'L' and 'R', or 'F' and 'H'. While this may be easy in English-to-Japanese transliteration, it is significantly more difficult and less forgiving to do Japanese-to-English transliterations.
