Analysis of Sign Languages: A Step Towards Multi-lingual Machine Translation for Sign Languages

Herath, Susantha; Saito, Chie; Herath, Ajantha

doi:10.1007/3-540-46562-6_48

Analysis of Sign Languages: A Step Towards Multi-lingual Machine Translation for Sign Languages

Susantha Herath⁷,
Chie Saito⁷ &
Ajantha Herath⁸

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First Online: 01 January 2000

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNCS,volume 1755))

Abstract

Many different sign languages are in use to communicate, especially among the hearing impaired people. Translation of one sign language to another is a dffcult problem that need effocient solution. Processing of signs is different from the processing of words in natural languages. Sign languages use shapes and movements to express mean- ing. The objective of our research project is to develop a multi-lingual machine translation system for sign languages. As a first step towards achieving this objective we analyzed three sign languages. This paper outlines the current research results.

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Aizu University, Aizu-Wakamatsu 965-80, Japan
Susantha Herath & Chie Saito
Gifu University, Gifu 500, Japan
Ajantha Herath

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Department of Information Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Bldg. 244, 2800, Lyngby, Denmark
Dines Bjøner
Computer Science Department, Technical University of Munich, Arcisstr. 21, 80290, Munich, Germany
Manfred Broy
A.P. Ershov Institute of Informatics Systems, av. Ac. Lavrentyev 6, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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Herath, S., Saito, C., Herath, A. (2000). Analysis of Sign Languages: A Step Towards Multi-lingual Machine Translation for Sign Languages. In: Bjøner, D., Broy, M., Zamulin, A.V. (eds) Perspectives of System Informatics. PSI 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1755. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46562-6_48

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46562-6_48
Published: 28 January 2000
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