Reliability of Hybrid Technique in Word-Level Machine Translation for Pidgin to English Language: An Evaluation
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An application for word-level translation of the Nigerian Pidgin English (NPE) to Standard English has been developed, in which the hybrid approach of literal translation technique was adopted, combining word-level and phrasal conjoins with the aim of improving quality of direct translation. The aim of this paper is to evaluation the reliability of the developed system in terms of accuracy of translation and ease of MT systems (MTs). Opinions were sampled from 100 randomly selected respondents within Benin City, amongst linguistic experts and natural speakers of both English and pidgin languages. The output of the system (translations) of selected texts were presented to the respondents to elucidate unbiased evaluation of the stated objectives. The study shows that, though not very accurate, hybrid approach of literal MTs offers appreciable level of reliability in translation of pidgin expressions to Standard English compared to other approaches.
Reliability of Hybrid Technique in Word-Level Machine Translation for Pidgin to English Language: An Evaluation
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