Summary of Automatic Translation Alignment Pipeline For Multilingual Digital Editions Of Literary Works, by Maria Levchenko
Automatic Translation Alignment Pipeline for Multilingual Digital Editions of Literary Works
by Maria Levchenko
First submitted to arxiv on: 17 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary A novel digital edition of Alessandro Manzoni’s “I promessi sposi” is created by applying translation alignment algorithms to eight languages. The MDE aims to enhance reader experience and support translation studies. Current state-of-the-art algorithms have limitations when applied to literary texts, so an automated pipeline is proposed for MDE creation. This pipeline transforms raw texts into web-based representations with different rendering options. New metrics are also proposed for evaluating alignment of literary translations. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary A new digital book edition is being created that shows the original Italian text and its translations in eight languages side by side. The goal is to make it easier to read and study the book, which is an important work of literature. To do this, some special computer algorithms are used to match up the different versions of the text. These algorithms have their limits when dealing with literary texts like this one, so a new way of creating the digital edition is proposed. This will make it easier for readers and researchers to compare and understand the different translations. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Alignment » Translation
