A flexible framework for collocation retrieval and translation from parallel and comparable corpora
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Oscar Mendoza Rivera
Abstract
This paper outlines a methodology and a system for collocation retrieval and translation from parallel and comparable corpora, developed with translators and language learners in mind. It is based on a phraseology framework, applies statistical techniques, and employs source tools and online resources. The collocation retrieval and translation has proved successful for English and Spanish and can be easily adapted to other languages. The evaluation results are promising and future goals are proposed. Furthermore, conclusions are drawn on the nature of comparable corpora and how they can be better exploited to suit particular needs of target users.
Abstract
This paper outlines a methodology and a system for collocation retrieval and translation from parallel and comparable corpora, developed with translators and language learners in mind. It is based on a phraseology framework, applies statistical techniques, and employs source tools and online resources. The collocation retrieval and translation has proved successful for English and Spanish and can be easily adapted to other languages. The evaluation results are promising and future goals are proposed. Furthermore, conclusions are drawn on the nature of comparable corpora and how they can be better exploited to suit particular needs of target users.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- About the editors vii
- Multiword units in machine translation and translation technology 1
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Part 1. Multiword units in machine translation
- Analysing linguistic information about word combinations for a Spanish-Basque rule-based machine translation system 41
- How do students cope with machine translation output of multiword units? An exploratory study 61
- Aligning verb + noun collocations to improve a French-Romanian FSMT system 81
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Part 2. Multiword units in multilingual NLP applications
- Multiword expressions in multilingual information extraction 103
- A multilingual gold standard for translation spotting of German compounds and their corresponding multiword units in English, French, Italian and Spanish 125
- Dutch compound splitting for bilingual terminology extraction 147
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Part 3. Identification and translation of multiword units
- A flexible framework for collocation retrieval and translation from parallel and comparable corpora 165
- On identification of bilingual lexical bundles for translation purposes 181
- The quest for croatian idioms as multiword units 201
- Corpus analysis of croatian constructions with the verb doći ‘to come’ 223
- Anaphora resolution, collocations and translation 243
- Index 257
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- About the editors vii
- Multiword units in machine translation and translation technology 1
-
Part 1. Multiword units in machine translation
- Analysing linguistic information about word combinations for a Spanish-Basque rule-based machine translation system 41
- How do students cope with machine translation output of multiword units? An exploratory study 61
- Aligning verb + noun collocations to improve a French-Romanian FSMT system 81
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Part 2. Multiword units in multilingual NLP applications
- Multiword expressions in multilingual information extraction 103
- A multilingual gold standard for translation spotting of German compounds and their corresponding multiword units in English, French, Italian and Spanish 125
- Dutch compound splitting for bilingual terminology extraction 147
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Part 3. Identification and translation of multiword units
- A flexible framework for collocation retrieval and translation from parallel and comparable corpora 165
- On identification of bilingual lexical bundles for translation purposes 181
- The quest for croatian idioms as multiword units 201
- Corpus analysis of croatian constructions with the verb doći ‘to come’ 223
- Anaphora resolution, collocations and translation 243
- Index 257
