Adapting the Core Language Engine to French and Spanish
Manny Rayner, David Carter (SRI International, Cambridge), and, Pierrette Bouillon (ISSCO, Geneva)
TL;DR
This paper details the process of adapting an English-language core language processing system to French and Spanish, demonstrating a general method for converting grammar-based systems across Romance languages.
Contribution
It introduces a detailed adaptation process for transforming an English language engine into systems for French and Spanish, showcasing a practical approach for multilingual NLP development.
Findings
Successful development of French and Spanish language systems
A general recipe for adapting English NLP systems to Romance languages
Rapid development process demonstrated
Abstract
We describe how substantial domain-independent language-processing systems for French and Spanish were quickly developed by manually adapting an existing English-language system, the SRI Core Language Engine. We explain the adaptation process in detail, and argue that it provides a fairly general recipe for converting a grammar-based system for English into a corresponding one for a Romance language.
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Taxonomy
TopicsNatural Language Processing Techniques · Topic Modeling · Speech and dialogue systems