Translating English and Mandarin Verbs with Argument Structure (Mis)matches Using LCS Representation

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dc.contributor.authorOlsen, Mari Bromanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2004-05-31T22:52:50Z
dc.date.available2004-05-31T22:52:50Z
dc.date.created1998-10en_US
dc.date.issued1998-10-15en_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper applies and evaluates a semi-automatically acquired Mandarin Chinese lexicon (Olsen, Dorr, and Thomas 1998) with respect to translation of English and Chinese verbs in a UNESCO text (Otero 1997). I demonstrate how Lexical Conceptual Structure templates allow the same semantic structure to apply both to verbs with thematic roles incorporated in the verb itself, and those requiring external thematic complements. Using as examples the English verb _provide_, the Chinese counterpart ti2 gong2 (STC 2251 0180) and its English counterparts in the text, I show how potential translations are included or eliminated automatically based on their thematic role structure. The example illustrates (i) how an interlingual thematic representation based in large part on English argument structure may be adapted felicitously to a historically unrelated language, and (ii) how an interlingual (IL) resource developed for analysis may also be used in generation. (Also cross-refernced as UMIACS-TR-98-51) (Also cross-referenced as LAMP-TR-023)en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/966
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtTech Reports in Computer Science and Engineeringen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUMIACS Technical Reportsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUM Computer Science Department; CS-TR-3935en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUMIACS; UMIACS-TR-98-51en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesLAMP-TR-023en_US
dc.titleTranslating English and Mandarin Verbs with Argument Structure (Mis)matches Using LCS Representationen_US
dc.typeTechnical Reporten_US

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