Hello Hector, I have been working on the coding challenge, and I'm facing many difficulties in doing so in respect to the references materials for Bodo language. I will further elaborate this in subsequent communications.
Can I have wiki access? possible username: maharaj Thanks! With Regards, Maharaj Brahma Research Scholar Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering CS23RESCH01004 On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 1:22 AM Maharaj Brahma <cs23resch01...@iith.ac.in> wrote: > Thanks, Hector, for the quick reply. > > I agree with your comments and acknowledge the difficulties. However, I > believe that language technologies such as Apertium can significantly > impact. Therefore, your suggestion of Developing a Morphological Analyser > for Bodo is a prerequisite to making English-Bodo language pair possible in > Apertium in the near future. I want to take this up if selected for the > GSoC 2023 program. > > I hope to contribute to Apertium beyond the GSoC. > > I have already installed apertium. I agree lexd is a best choice of parser > for Bodo as it is an aggulative, and morphologically rich language. Also, > I'm already on IRC (under the handle maharaj), and would like to know more > about the coding challenge. > > With Regards, > Maharaj Brahma > Research Scholar > Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering > CS23RESCH01004 > > > On Fri, Mar 24, 2023 at 11:29 PM Hèctor Alòs i Font <hectora...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi, Maharaj, >> >> Bodo seems to me to be an excellent language for Apertium. Unfortunately, >> we have no morphological parser for it, even embryonic. That's why to >> develop one seems to me much more realistic than to think of an automatic >> translator project between Bodo and another language (and even more so, if >> it belongs to another language family). >> >> It would therefore be a matter of doing this type of project: >> https://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Ideas_for_Google_Summer_of_Code#Develop_a_morphological_analyser >> >> >> I've been looking a bit at the morphology of the language, and lexd [2] >> seems the best choice for developing a parser (e.g. because of the >> possessive prefixes). >> >> It would now be a matter of making the coding challenge of the project. >> There are about ten days left before the deadline. That is not a lot of >> time. >> >> I would suggest joining IRC to get faster help, if needrf: >> https://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/IRC >> >> Best regards, >> Hèctor >> >> [1] https://github.com/apertium/lexd >> >> Missatge de Maharaj Brahma via Apertium-stuff < >> apertium-stuff@lists.sourceforge.net> del dia dv., 24 de març 2023 a les >> 15:54: >> >>> Dear Apertium folks, >>> >>> I'm writing to express my interest in participating in the GSoC with >>> Apertium. I'm a first-year Ph.D. student in the NLP domain. I'm excited to >>> work with the Apertium community on developing translation technology for >>> low-resource languages, particularly Bodo. Bodo is a low-resource language >>> primarily spoken in the Northeastern region of India. As an NLP researcher >>> and native speaker of Bodo, I'm committed to building technology to >>> preserve and promote indigenous languages like Bodo. >>> >>> I'm interested in adding a new language English-Bodo to the Apertium >>> platform through this GSoC program or otherwise. I believe this can >>> potentially impact the translation technology for low resources. >>> Additionally, due to the following points: >>> (i) There is no existing publicly available translation technology for >>> English-Bodo. >>> (ii) Bodo is a low-resource language (potentially ample contribution >>> space remains). >>> (iii) Belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family, unlike other Indian >>> languages like Hindi and Assamese. >>> >>> I would like to know if this is a potential project. If so, I would like >>> to interact with potential mentors. >>> >>> Any comments on the English-Bodo language pair are most welcome. >>> >>> With Regards, >>> Maharaj Brahma >>> Research Scholar >>> Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering >>> CS23RESCH01004 >>> >>> Disclaimer:- This footer text is to convey that this email is sent by >>> one of the users of IITH. So, do not mark it as SPAM. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Apertium-stuff mailing list >>> Apertium-stuff@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/apertium-stuff >>> >> -- Disclaimer:- This footer text is to convey that this email is sent by one of the users of IITH. So, do not mark it as SPAM.
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