MultilingualComputing課件.pptVIP

Multilingual Computing Teaching and Assessment Lectures (fundamentals) Introduction Characteristics of different languages(scripts) Computer representations Input Processing Output Processing Information processing techniques: Open systems Internationalization and localization Algorithms Software development for multilingual environment Introduction to natural language processing Tutorial/labs (gain experience in using some common Chinese Operating System and programming),.hk/~cscwlam/cc/ MS Chinese Windows Different programming environments Assessment: 60%Final, 15% Midterm, 20% Proj Hwk (15% +5%), 3%class participation and 2% punctuation What is Multilingual Computing Computer processing of data related to more than one language/scripts including any human-computer interaction activity where communication is achieved Bilingual, trilingual, vs. Multilingual Fundamental issues: Dealing with different languages and each language has there own characteristics which requires expert knowledge of each language Example: count the number of words: “Multilingual Computing” vs “多語言文字處理技術” Ways to distinguish different scripts How can a system be designed so that it can be used by different languages with minimal changes How can a system be designed so that it can be used for multiple languages Different Scripts(Written languages) English: Fixed alphabet, words are naturally delimited by SPACE, more morphological changes but very regular, more of a token based language than a phonetic based language, writing from left-to-right Example: auto, automatic, autonomous, automation, Auto-movement, spelling is easy to do Phonetic transcription system: Pinyin, Jyut Ping(粵拼), International Phonetic Alphabet(IPA) Korean: Kanja (漢字) similar to Chinese, Hangul is a two dimensional Pinyin system. In other words, Hangul is a phonetic script or phonetic transcription system. Korean Hangul KA KEU NGOA SAN NUN KOAEN Romanization: Using Roman letters to denote the phonetic