Cognates Can Improve Statistical Translation Models

We report results of experiments aimed at improving the translation quality by incorporating the cognate information into translation models. The results confirm that the cognate identification approach can improve the quality of word alignment in bitexts without the need for extra resources.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: NAACL
• Authors: Grzegorz Kondrak, Daniel Marcu, Kevin Knight
• Keywords: Cognate Identification Approach, Cognate Information, NAACL 2003, NAACL 2007, Translation Quality