Generation of multilingual explanations from conceptual graphs
Kalina Bontcheva · Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series 4, Current issues in linguistic theory · 1997
This paper presents an approach for generation of multilingual explanations from Conceptual Graphs (cgs) in restricted domains with highly conventional language. The generator is developed within a Knowledge Based Machine Aided Translation project DB-MAT. The system's objective is to provide the translator with the necessary domain knowledge. The algorithms handle extended referents, complex type definitions, several explanation levels and provide coherent multisentential text. Complex graphs are broken into simpler subgraphs, which are ordered according to a selected schema. 1 Introduction The DB-MAT project 1 investigates the approach, where the translator is supported by linguistic and domain knowledge, presented to him/her during the translation process (v.Hahn 1990; v.Hahn & Angelova forthcoming). Many translations are needed for technical documents in restricted domains and translator's familiarity with the terminology is of crucial importance for the quality of the resulting ...