2010/10/27 Jacob Nordfalk <[email protected]>: > Ive looked at http://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Ideas_for_Google_Code-in > Do you really think anyone can: > 1) translate a text of 34,268 bytes (the new language pair HOWTO) into > another language > 2) go through it for a new pair of languages. > 3) When finished, upload to the Incubator. > in.... 2-3 HOURS!??!?!!!!? > Well, Ive tried that task when I started out. I might be extraordinary slow > but just doing step 1) would take me at least half a day for Esperanto. > Same goes for the other proposals: These <=18 age students must be really > bright, but in general I would multiply all your estimations with a factor >>3. > > Here is a proposal for what I would consider a realistic task for GCI: > Add 50 nouns to apertium-sv-da. Check that the words work for boths > directions (from Swedish to Danish and from Danish to Swedish). > Time: 14 hours > (install & compile: 4 hours. Understand the format of the 3 .dix files to > edit: 2 hours. Adding the words: 4 hours. Checking translation in both > directions and fix problems: 4 hours).
The time estimates do seem rather low yes. However, I think they're supposed to reflect only the work that's on that specific task (since students can work on several tasks, so they won't install apertium for each task...) The wiki page also does say "The time column gives the minimum estimated amount of time that should be spent on the task. It does not include time taken to install / set up apertium." (now boldfaced, as I missed it the first time too) -Kevin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Apertium-stuff mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/apertium-stuff
