Off hand isn’t this something that wikidata was setup to handle? On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 12:40 PM Wolter HV <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, > > I have been thinking of a way to organise data in Wiktionary that would > allow > for words to automatically show translations to other languages with much > less > work than is currently required. > > Currently, translations to other languages have to be added manually, > meaning > they are not automatically propagated across language pairs. What I mean > by > this is showcased in the following example: > > 1. I create a page for word X in language A. > 2. I create a page for word Y in language B. > 3. I add a translation to the page for word X, and state that it > translates to > word Y in language B. > 4. If I want the page for word Y to show that it translates to word X in > language A, I have to do this manually. > > Automating this seems a bit tricky. I think that the key is acknowledging > that > meanings can be separated from language and used as the links of > translation. > In this view, words and their definitions are language-specific, but > meanings > are language-agnostic. > > Because I may have done a bad job at explaining this context, I have > created a > short example in the form of an sqlite3 SQL script that creates a small > dictionary database with two meanings for the word "desert"; one of the > meanings has been linked to the corresponding words in Spanish and in > German. > The script mainly showcases how words can be linked across languages with > minimal rework. > > You can find the script attached. To experiment with this, simply run > > .read feature_showcase.sql > > within an interactive sqlite3 session. (There may be other ways of doing > it > but this is how I tested it.) > > I believe this system can also be used to automate other word relations > such as > hyponyms and hypernyms, meronyms and holonyms, and others. It can also > allow > looking up words in other languages and getting definitions in the > language of > choice. In short, it would allow Wiktionary to more effortlessly function > as > a universal dictionary. > > Has something like this been suggested before? I would be pleased to > receive > feedback on this idea. > > With kind regards, > Wolter HV > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/ >
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