4.0753 Rs: Hyphenation; Machine Xlation (2/27)
Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Mon, 26 Nov 90 22:08:36 EST
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 0753. Monday, 26 Nov 1990.
(1) Date: Sat, 24 Nov 90 14:50 EST (16 lines)
From: MORGAN TAMPLIN <TAMPLIN@TrentU.CA>
Subject: RE: 4.0743 Qs: ... hyphens ...
(2) Date: Sun, 25 Nov 1990 17:29 PST (11 lines)
From: "Tony Roder" <TONY@SLACVM>
Subject: Re: 4.0743 Qs: ... Xlation
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Date: Sat, 24 Nov 90 14:50 EST
From: MORGAN TAMPLIN <TAMPLIN@TrentU.CA>
Subject: RE: 4.0743 Qs: Chinese; Hyphens; Amharic Machine Xlation (3/71)
Regarding the question of a hyphenation dictionary...
Wouldn't it be more efficient to use a program based on a hyphenation
algorithm? Admittedly these are not perfect, but they can be tailored
to the language/style of the corpus to be hyphenated. There is even a
"Time magazine hyphenation algorithm"; UNIX users have troff and there
is also TEX. Even a dictionary may not be a reliable guide because some
hyphenation rules are context-sensitive.
Morgan Tamplin
Trent University
TAMPLIN@TRENTU.CA
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Date: Sun, 25 Nov 1990 17:29 PST
From: "Tony Roder" <TONY@SLACVM>
Subject: Re: 4.0743 Qs: Chinese; Hyphens; Amharic Machine Xlation (3/71)
In-Reply-To: EDITORS@BROWNVM -- 11/23/90 20:51
Machine-aided xlation is relatively alive and well on large machines,
for the western languages; I know that Japan is also devoting some
effort to it, but I have no details. For other languages, very little
or nothing. There are some PC-based programs for French, German, etc.
but they are expensive and slow, and require a lot of post-editing.