Machine Aided Translation between the Two Norwegian Languages Norwegian-Bokmål and Norwegian-Nynorsk
Ivar Utne · DSpace repository (University of Tartu) · 1989
The article describes essential parts of a prototype system for machine aided translation from Norwegian-Bokmal to Norwegian-Nynorsk.The central parts o f the system are a bilingual word list, inflection paradigms, phrases, and routines to deal with compound words.There are also syn-t2ictic and semantic rules, but they can be considered as preliminary.The article also includes a simple comparison of the two Izinguages in question.The program is written in TurboPascal and runs on IBM PC compatible machines. IntroductionT h e m a in g o a l o f th e p r o je c t M a c h in e aided tra n sla tion fr o m N orw eg ia n -B ok m a l to N o r w e g ia n -N y n o r s k is t o a u to m a tiz e tra n sla tio n b etw e en th e tw o officia l N o r w e g ia n la n g u a g es, b o t h fo r p r o p o s in g tra n sla te d te x t, a n d fo r lo o k in g u p w ord s, p h ra ses a n d te x t p a rts.T h e r e is a lso a n im p o r ta n t o b je c t iv e to g a in k n ow led g e a b o u t m a ch in e tra n s la tio n in g en era l.T h e sy ste m w ill b e b a sed o n co m p re h e n siv e b ilin g u a l w o r d lists a n d lin g u istic rules im p le m en ted as d a ta fo r a c o m p u te r p r o g r a m .T h e d e v e lo p m e n t h as s o fa r p a r tly b e e n s u p p o r te d b y th e N orw e g ia n R esea rch C o u n c il fo r S cie n ce a n d th e H u m a n ities (N A V F ) fo r 8 m o n th s in 1 9 8 7 -8 8 .T h e a u th o r o f th is p re s e n ta tio n has b e e n re s p o n s ib le fo r th e lin g u istic a n d c o m p u ta t io n a l w o rk .F o r m a l c o o p e r a t o r s a re a lso T h e N o re g ia n C o m p u t in g C en tre for th e H u m a n itie s a n d D e p a r tm e n t o f P h o n e tic s a n d L in g u istics a t th e U n iversity o f B e rg e n .