On 30 March 2011 05:42, Mikel Forcada <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > Second, I would like to make an English to Latin translator, but I am > not fluent in Latin yet. > > Being fluent is not absolutely necessary; it helps, but in the initial steps > of the development of a new language pair is not needed. What is needed is > an ability to integrate information and resources you have about the > languages into rules and dictionaries, and a good command of the formats in > which Apertium data are written. > > By the way, you should first look for any free/open-source resources with > GPL compatible licenses that you can use to avoid building everything from > scratch. >
I did some work on starting a Latin to Spanish translator a while ago, and was mostly working with Latin-English resources; I should have a list of them lying around. > By the way, why English to Latin? I can see more applications for Latin to > English! > Latin to English would be more useful, but less feasible for transfer. Inflectional languages need something like LALR, instead of LRLM, otherwise you have to duplicate every noun phrase rule to be more explicite about gender, number, and case, which is a lot of work, and potentially error-prone. That's not to say that English to Latin would be /easy/ - far from it. This would be an extremely challenging language pair even for an experienced Apertium developer, particularly with only three months to work on it. For an inexperienced developer, I would recommend that you choose another pair of languages - languages that are related, and similar. -- <Leftmost> jimregan, that's because deep inside you, you are evil. <Leftmost> Also not-so-deep inside you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
