Project description Language-based interaction Show the project objective Hide the project objective MOLTO's goal is to develop a set of tools for translatingtexts between multiple languages in real time with highquality. Languages are separate modules in the tool andcan be varied; prototypes covering a majority of the EU's23 official languages will be built.As its main technique, MOLTO uses domain-specific semanticgrammars and ontology-based interlinguas. These componentsare implemented in GF (Grammatical Framework), which is agrammar formalism where multiple languages are related bya common abstract syntax. GF has been applied in severalsmall-to-medium size domains, typically targeting up toten languages but MOLTO will scale this up in terms ofproductivity and applicability.A part of the scale-up is to increase the size of domainsand the number of languages. A more substantial part is tomake the technology accessible for domain experts without GFexpertise and minimize the effort needed for building atranslator. Ideally, this can be done by just extending alexicon and writing a set of example sentences.The most research-intensive parts of MOLTO are the two-wayinteroperability between ontology standards (OWL) and GFgrammars, and the extension of rule-based translation bystatistical methods. The OWL-GF interoperability willenable multilingual natural-language-based interaction withmachine-readable knowledge. The statistical methods willadd robustness to the system when desired. New methods willbe developed for combining GF grammars with statisticaltranslation, to the benefit of both.MOLTO technology will be released as open-source librarieswhich can be plugged in to standard translation tools andweb pages and thereby fit into standard workflows. It willbe demonstrated in web-based demos and applied in threecase studies: mathematical exercises in 15 languages,patent data in at least 3 languages, and museum objectdescriptions in 15 languages. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesknowledge engineeringontology Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2009.2.2 - Language-based interaction Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2009-4 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator GOETEBORGS UNIVERSITET Address Vasaparken 405 30 Goeteborg Sweden See on map Region Södra Sverige Västsverige Västra Götalands län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Emilia Rung (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 880 200,00 Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all MATRIXWARE Information Services GmbH Participation ended Austria EU contribution € 6 400,00 Address Operngasse 1040 Wien See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Neil Tipper (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window ONTOTEXT AD Bulgaria EU contribution € 442 400,00 Address Tsarigradsko shose 135 1784 Sofia See on map Region Югозападна и Южна централна България Югозападен София (столица) Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Silvia Karagova (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window University of Zurich Switzerland EU contribution € 256 000,00 Address Ramistrasse 71 8006 Zurich See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Michael Hess (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA Spain EU contribution € 602 000,00 Address Calle jordi girona 31 08034 Barcelona See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact ValentÍ Guasch (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO Finland EU contribution € 531 000,00 Address Yliopistonkatu 3 00014 Helsingin yliopisto See on map Region Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Tiia Saarinen (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Be Informed B.V. Netherlands EU contribution € 257 000,00 Address De linie 7325 DZ Apeldoorn See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Joris van Aart (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window
