Project description Multilingual Web: Machine translation for the multilingual webExploiting the potential of SMT technologies Show the project objective Hide the project objective In recent years, statistical machine translation (SMT) has become the leading paradigm for machine translation. SMT systems are built by analyzing huge volumes of parallel corpus and learning translation models from this data. The quality of SMT systems largely depends on the size of training data. Since the majority of parallel data is in major languages, SMT systems for larger languages are of much better quality compared to systems for smaller languages. This quality gap is further deepened due to the complex linguistic structure of many smaller languages. Languages like Latvian, Lithuanian and Croatian (to name just a few) have complex morphological structure and free word order. To learn this complexity from corpus data, much larger volumes of training data are needed. Current systems are built on the data accessible on the web, but it is just a fraction of all parallel texts. Most of them still reside in the local systems of different corporations, public and private institutions, and desktops of individual users. The cost and the know-how required for building custom MT solutions deter many small-to-medium companies from utilizing the power of MT technologies.To fully exploit the huge potential of existing open SMT technologies we propose to build an innovative online collaborative platform for data sharing and MT building. This platform will support upload of public as well as proprietary MT training data and building of multiple MT systems, public or proprietary, by combining and prioritizing this data. The project will extend the use of existing state-of-the-art SMT methods that will be applied to data supplied by users to increase quality, scope and language coverage of machine translation.LetsMT! services will be focused on two application scenarios – the free online translation of business and financial news and the application in the localisation and translation industry. At the same time, it will be of interest for a variety of users: web users in general, speakers of less-covered languages, academia, etc.For the localisation and translation industry, LetsMT! will provide facilities for training of SMT systems on their data and generating custom SMT solutions to be used by localisation service providers as well as enterprises and organizations with multilingual translation needs. Integration of SMT solutions in professional productivity environments will be provided.For readers of business and financial news, LetsMT! will provide free and instant MT services with emphasis on less-covered languages. Their quality will be ensured by application of a large pool of domain-specific resources and subsequent evaluation cycles.LetsMT! services will be accessible through the Web portal for free translation of texts, through a translation widget provided for inclusion in a web-page, through browser plug-ins for quick access to translation, and through integration in professional translation tools. Programme(s) CIP - Competitiveness and innovation framework programme (CIP)(2007-2013) Topic(s) CIP-ICT-PSP.2009.5.1 - Machine translation for the multilingual Web Call for proposal CIP-ICT-PSP-2009-3 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme PB - Pilot Type B Coordinator TILDE SIA EU contribution € 409 447,00 Address VIENIBAS GATVE 75 A LV-1004 Riga Latvia See on map Region Latvija Latvija Rīga Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Aivars Berzins (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all MORAVIA IT AS Czechia EU contribution € 202 008,00 Address Hilleho 602 00 Brno See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact David Filip (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET Denmark EU contribution € 214 655,00 Address NORREGADE 10 1165 Kobenhavn See on map Region Danmark Hovedstaden Byen København Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Ivan Kristoffersen (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SVEUCILISTE U ZAGREBU FILOZOFSKI FAKULTET Croatia EU contribution € 207 000,00 Address IVANA LUCICA 3 10000 Zagreb See on map Region Hrvatska Grad Zagreb Grad Zagreb Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Marko Tadic (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data ZOOROBOTICS BV Netherlands EU contribution € 259 940,00 Address ZUIDPOOLSINGEL 2408 ZE ALPHEN AAN DEN RIJN See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Abraham Stalknecht (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data UPPSALA UNIVERSITET Sweden EU contribution € 203 750,00 Address VON KRAEMERS ALLE 4 751 05 Uppsala See on map Region Östra Sverige Östra Mellansverige Uppsala län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Beáta Megyesi (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH United Kingdom EU contribution € 173 200,00 Address OLD COLLEGE, SOUTH BRIDGE EH8 9YL Edinburgh See on map Region Scotland Eastern Scotland Edinburgh Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Angela NOBLE (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data