What's in a Translation Rule

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Abstract:

We propose a theory that gives formal semantics to word-level alignments defined over parallel corpora. We use our theory to introduce a linear algorithm that can be used to derive from word-aligned, parallel corpora the minimal set of syntactically motivated transformation rules that explain human translation data.

Author(s):
Galley, Michel ; Hopkins, Mark ; Knight, Kevin ; Marcu, Daniel
Author Organization(s):
COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
Supplementary Note:
Supported in part by MURI. DOI: 10.21236/ADA460212
Pagination:
0009

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Contract/Grant Number(s):
N66001-00-1-09814, N00014-00-1-0617
Monitor Series:
DARPA
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_1.3_Human Capital Management; JCA_1.3.1_Personnel and Family Support; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_1.2.1_Training; JCA_8_Building Partnerships
Modernization Areas:
AI and Machine Learning
Communities of Interest:
Energy and Power Technologies
Descriptor(s):
*MACHINE TRANSLATION, ALGORITHMS, LINEAR SYSTEMS, THEORY, SYNTAX, TRANSFORMATIONS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Linguistics
Report Date:
2004 Jan 01
Creation Date:
2007 Feb 07