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Translation Relationship Quantification: A Cluster-Based Approach and its Application to Shakespeare’s Sonnets

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We introduce a method for quantifying translation relation-ship between source and target texts.In this method, we partition source and target texts into corresponding blocks and cluster them separately using word phrases extracted by a suffx tree approach. We quantify the translation relationship by examining the similarity between source and target clustering structures. In this comparison we aim to observe that their similarity is meaningful, i.e., it is significantly different from random. The method is based on the hypothesis that similarities and dis-similarities among the source blocks will not be lost in translation and reappear among target blocks. For testing we use Shakespeare's sonnets and its translation in Turkish. The results show that our method suc-cessfully quantifies translation relationships.

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  1. Department of Computer Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, 06800, Turkey

    Fazli Can, Ethem F. Can & Ceyhun Karbeyaz

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  1. , EEE Dept., Imperial College, Exhibition Road, London, SW72BT, United Kingdom

    Erol Gelenbe

  2. , EEE Dept., Imperial College, Exhibition Rd., London, SW72AZ, United Kingdom

    Ricardo Lent

  3. , EEE Dept., Imperial College, Exhibition Rd., London, SW72AZ, United Kingdom

    Georgia Sakellari

  4. , School of Biomedical Eng., Sci. and Heal, Drexel University, Bossone 702, 3120 Market Street, Philadelphia, 19104, Pennsylvania, USA

    Ahmet Sacan

  5. , Dept. of Computer Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, 06531, Turkey

    Hakki Toroslu

  6. Fac. Engineering, Dept. Computer Engineering, Middle East Technical University - METU, Ankara, 06531, Turkey

    Adnan Yazici

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Can, F., Can, E.F., Karbeyaz, C. (2011). Translation Relationship Quantification: A Cluster-Based Approach and its Application to Shakespeare’s Sonnets. In: Gelenbe, E., Lent, R., Sakellari, G., Sacan, A., Toroslu, H., Yazici, A. (eds) Computer and Information Sciences. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 62. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9794-1_24

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