On 30 March 2011 19:17, Beau R Beck <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you for your helpful and timely responses, and for the links. I > have only just glanced at them, but I look forward to looking over them more > thoroughly in the very near future. A Latin to English translator would be > more useful; however, I thought it would be more difficult. That is why i > picked English to Latin. I would be more than willing to work on Latin to > English. > I want to work on this particular language because I feel that all the > translators I've used have had limitations in some way, mostly to do with > translating the different declensions and cases correctly. For instance, > with the Google translator, when i put "currit in cauponam" it output "the > inn is running in the." This doesn't make sense, and I would have > translated it "he/she/it is running into the in." Another example is > "currit in cauponā."
Real Latin does not have macrons. Just bear that in mind from the outset, because it's the sort of thing that will lead to angry email :) > it output "is running in the in." This is almost > correct, the translator just didn't get the subject from the verb. One more > example is that most translators also incorrectly translate the ablative > case when it's all alone as the instrument of means (eg. baculō would mean > to do something with a stick). These are just a few examples of the > limitations they have. I'm not completely sure how to fix these problems, > and they may be outside the ability of computer translators. I will, > however, never know unless I try. Enthusiasm and determination go a long way. > I understand that this project would take me more than three months to > complete. Perhaps it could be broken up into a smaller chunk that is more > easily finished in the time frame. I would also continue to work on it > after the summer is over until it is ready for release. Ooh... be careful of saying things like that. This is our third year of GSoC, and everyone makes promises of that sort, few deliver. > This is something I > have wanted to do for about a year now. > Once again thank you for taking the time to read this and to answer my > questions. -- <Leftmost> jimregan, that's because deep inside you, you are evil. <Leftmost> Also not-so-deep inside you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and publish websites with WebMatrix Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf _______________________________________________ Apertium-stuff mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/apertium-stuff
