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Classifiers in Japanese-to-English Machine Translation
Francis Bond, Kentaro Ogura, Satoru Ikehara
This paper proposes an analysis of classifiers into four major types: UNIT, METRIC, GROUP and SPECIES, based on properties of both Japanese and English. The analysis makes possible…
Noun Phrase Reference in Japanese-to-English Machine Translation
Francis Bond, Kentaro Ogura, Tsukasa Kawaoka
This paper shows the necessity of distinguishing different referential uses of noun phrases in machine translation. We argue that differentiating between the generic, referential a…
Possessive Pronouns as Determiners in Japanese-to-English Machine Translation
Francis Bond, Kentaro Ogura, Satoru Ikehara
Possessive pronouns are used as determiners in English when no equivalent would be used in a Japanese sentence with the same meaning. This paper proposes a heuristic method of gene…