Software:

TBTA Installation package: includes TBTA version 2.2.0, Ontology version 2.0.0, and the English and Korean databases

 

 

 

Current TBTA executable (version 2.2.0)

 

 

 

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Tutorial Videos:

Select a Video: 1A. Introduction to Natural Language Generation 1B. Introduction to The Bible Translator's Assistant 2A. The Ontology 3A. The Target Lexicon 3B. Lexical Spellout Rules 3C. Lexical Table Spellout Rules 4A. Spellout Rules 4B. Spellout Rules and Phrase Structure Rules 4C. Table Spellout Rules 4D. Phrase Builder Spellout Rules 5A. Feature Copying Rules 5B. Find/Replace Rules 6A. Clitic Rules 6B. Movement Rules 7A. Word Morphophonemic Rules 7B. Grammar Tools 8A. Pronoun Generation 9A. Complex Concept Insertion Rules 9B. Feature Adjustment Rules 10A. Styles of Direct Speech Rules 10B. Tense/Aspect/Mood Rules - Tenses 10C. Tense/Aspect/Mood Rules - Aspects 11A. Relativization Structures, Strategies, and Hierarchy 11B. Collocation Correction Rules 12A. Genitival Noun-Noun Relationships 12B. Theta Grid Adjustment Rules 12C. Theta Grid Adjustment Rules - Object Complements 12D. Theta Grid Adjustment Rules - Complex Restructuring 13A. Structural Adjustment Rules - Using Multiple Concepts 13B. Structural Adjustment Rules - Copying Constituents 13C. Structural Adjustment Rules - Combining Propositions

 

 

 

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Tutorial Documents:

Select a Document: 1. Introduction to The Bible Translator's Assistant 2. The Ontology and Semantic Representations 3. The Target Lexicon 4. Spellout Rules and Phrase Structure Rules 5. Feature Copying Rules and Find Replace Rules 6. Clitic Rules and Constituent Movement Rules 7. Word Morphophonemic Rules and Grammar Tools 8. Pronoun and Switch Reference Rules 9. Complex Concept Insertion Rules and Feature Adjustment Rules 10. Styles of Direct Speech Rules and Tense/Aspect/Mood Rules 11. Relative Clause Rules and Collocation Correction Rules 12. Genitival Noun-Noun Relationships and Theta Grid Adjustment Rules 13. Structural Adjustment Rules 14. Beginning a New Language Project

 

 

 

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Tod Allman's Dissertation (revised):

Abstract

 

 

 

Brief Summary of Korean Project

 

 

 

The Translator's Assistant: A Multilingual Natural Language Generator based on Linguistic Universals, Typologies, and Primitives

 

 

 

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Papers:

Linguist's Assistant: A Multilingual Natural Language Generator based on Linguistic Universals, Typologies, and Primitives - INLG 2012.

 

 

 

Documenting Endangered Languages using Linguist’s Assistant. Language Documentation and Conservation. Volume 6, 2012.

 

 

 

A Natural Language Generator for Minority Languages - SALTMIL 2006.

 

 

 

An Environment for Quick Ramp-up Multilingual Authoring

 

 

 

Document Authoring the Bible for Minority Language Translation