Paraphrasing Spoken Japanese for Untangling Bilingual Transfer

One of the problems in spoken language translation is the enormous variety of expressions not found in text translation. This volume can lead to a sparse translation coverage. In order to tackle this problem, we take the practical approach of untangling slight variations in the source language before transferring a source expression to its target. We therefore discuss how eective paraphrasing is in the sense of reducing varieties in a spoken language, with a focus on how many source language patterns are reduced by paraphrasing. We also discuss the characteristics of the spoken Japanese by the paraphrasing patterns we obtain.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2001
• Where: NLPRS
• Authors: Kazuhide Yamamoto
• Keywords: Natural Language Processing, NLPRS 2001, Source Language, Spoken Language, Spoken Language Translation