El dt 22 de 03 de 2011 a les 12:22 -0500, en/na Rafael Turner va escriure: > Dear members of Apertium, > > My name is Rafael and I am a second year student at the University of > Chicago. I was wondering if I could please have some feedback on my > project proposal. A link to my resume, project idea and timeline is > http://home.uchicago.edu/~turnersr/gsoc/apertium/Steven_Rafael_Turner.pdf > > I am interested in machine translation because of its > interdisciplinary nature. Linguistics is divided into several distinct > areas: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, > pragmatics, etc. . Each of these areas has evolved throughout the > years by developing its own ideas and techniques, and has reached by > now a remarkable degree of specialization. Machine translation, > however, requires that various connections between these areas and the > creation of actual ‘bridges’ between different linguistic branches. > Many times it seems that methods from all fields must employed to > capture the nuance of language, and this interplay of different points > of view in a same subject has played a fundamental role in > illuminating the nature of language. Machine translation is a breeding > ground for translating and comparing different linguistic theories, > discovering analogies, and providing an effective means for > transferring results and techniques between distinct fields. That is > why I find machine translation so exciting! > > Please consider my prior experience in natural language processing, > programming, and conceptualizing mathematically as proper > qualifications. > > Take care, > Rafael > > P.S. Please let me know if this is way out there. I have other ideas > related to implementing morphology learning algorithms that may fit > more naturally into the Apertium framework.
Isn't this basically a character-based SMT system ? Remember that Apertium is by-and-large an RBMT project -- have you looked over our ideas on the ideas page?[1] Fran 1. http://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Ideas_for_Google_Summer_of_Code ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar _______________________________________________ Apertium-stuff mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/apertium-stuff
