Building a Controlled Natural Language Framework for Real-time Machine Translation

• Main Author: Sebastián León Calderón
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Costa Rica 2015-12-01
• Series: Revista de Lenguas Modernas
• Subjects: controlled natural language; machine translation; Grammatical Framework; instant messaging; natural language processing
• Online Access: https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rlm/article/view/22362

This study presents a framework that addresses the need for real-time communication between persons without a common language through the use of Controlled Natural Languages (CNLs). The framework consists of a set of CNLs (initially based on English and Spanish) where text compliant with any one CNL is mapped to an internal, unambiguous, language-in- dependent representation which, in turn, is automatically translated into valid text in a target natural language that not only retains the meaning of the original text but also appears natural to native speakers. In addition, the study proposes a software system similar to modern instant messaging clients to effectively facilitate said communication.