Utilizing Semantic Equivalence Classes of Japanese Functional Expressions in Translation Rule Acquisition from Parallel Patent S

In the "Sandglass" MT architecture, we identify the class of monosemous Japanese functional expressions and utilize it in the task of translating Japanese functional expressions into English. We employ the semantic equivalence classes of a recently compiled large scale hierarchical lexicon of Japanese functional expressions. We then study whether functional expressions within a class can be translated into a single canonical English expression. Based on the results of identifying monosemous semantic equivalence classes, this paper studies how to extract rules for translating functional expressions in Japanese patent documents into English. In this study, we use about

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: LREC
• Authors: Taiji Nagasaka, Ran Shimanouchi, Akiko Sakamoto, Takafumi Suzuki, Yohei Morishita, Takehito Utsuro, Suguru Matsuyoshi
• Keywords: Education, Functional Expressions, Japanese Functional Expressions, LREC 2010, Semantic Equivalence Classes