OpenLogos
Encyclopedia
OpenLogos is the Open Source version of the Logos Machine Translation System, one of the earliest and longest running commercial machine translation
products in the world. It was developed by Logos Corporation in the United States, with additional development teams in Germany and Italy. Like the Logos System, OpenLogos admits different formats of documents and maintains the format of the original document in translation.
OpenLogos does not claim to replace human translators; rather, it aims to enhance the professional translator's work environment.
). Thereafter, the Logos System was developed as a multi-target translation solution, with English and German as source languages. Recently the DFKI has been working on an open version of the original Logos program: OpenLogos. Today this tool is meant to be one of the most important ones and a real competitor to other major MT systems such as Systran
or IBM's WebSphere
. Its landmark are both its accuracy and the fact that it does not discard the need of a human translator. This new version works with Linux
and is available for individuals, universities, translators under the GNU GPL license.
and English
into the largest European languages (French
, Italian
, Spanish
and Portuguese
). The main aim is to provide a translation service among all of them.
Machine translation
Machine translation, sometimes referred to by the abbreviation MT is a sub-field of computational linguistics that investigates the use of computer software to translate text or speech from one natural language to another.On a basic...
products in the world. It was developed by Logos Corporation in the United States, with additional development teams in Germany and Italy. Like the Logos System, OpenLogos admits different formats of documents and maintains the format of the original document in translation.
OpenLogos does not claim to replace human translators; rather, it aims to enhance the professional translator's work environment.
History
Logos Corporation was founded by Bernard (Bud) Scott in 1970, who worked on its Logos System for thirty years, until the company's dissolution in 2000. Everything began with an English-Vietnamese translation system, which became operational in 1972 (during the American-Vietnam WarVietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
). Thereafter, the Logos System was developed as a multi-target translation solution, with English and German as source languages. Recently the DFKI has been working on an open version of the original Logos program: OpenLogos. Today this tool is meant to be one of the most important ones and a real competitor to other major MT systems such as Systran
SYSTRAN
SYSTRAN, founded by Dr. Peter Toma in 1968, is one of the oldest machine translation companies. SYSTRAN has done extensive work for the United States Department of Defense and the European Commission....
or IBM's WebSphere
WebSphere
IBM WebSphere refers to a brand of computer software products in the genre of enterprise software known as "application and integration middleware". These software products are used by end-users to create applications and integrate applications with other applications...
. Its landmark are both its accuracy and the fact that it does not discard the need of a human translator. This new version works with Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
and is available for individuals, universities, translators under the GNU GPL license.
Languages
Up to this point the OpenLogos MT only translates from GermanGerman language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
into the largest European languages (French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
and Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
). The main aim is to provide a translation service among all of them.
Historical competitors
- SYSTRANSYSTRANSYSTRAN, founded by Dr. Peter Toma in 1968, is one of the oldest machine translation companies. SYSTRAN has done extensive work for the United States Department of Defense and the European Commission....
Language Translation Technologies - SDL InternationalSDL InternationalSDL plc is a global company with headquarters based in Maidenhead, UK that provides language localization services and translation and content management software...
and its free translator - IntergraphIntergraphIntergraph Corporation is an American software development and services company. It provides enterprise engineering and geospatially powered software to businesses, governments, and organizations around the world. Intergraph operates through two divisions: Process, Power & Marine and Security,...
- SiemensSiemens AGSiemens AG is a German multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Munich, Germany. It is the largest Europe-based electronics and electrical engineering company....
' METAL MTMETAL MTA machine translation system developed at the University of Texas and at Siemens which ran on Lisp Machines.- Background :Originally titled the Linguistics Research System , it was later renamed METAL...
See also
- ApertiumApertiumApertium is a rule-based machine translation platform. It is free software and released under the terms of the GNU General Public License.-History:...
- Comparison of machine translation applicationsComparison of machine translation applicationsA machine translation application is a program which can translate text or speech from one natural language to another. Machine translation applications are essential to the modern language industry...
- MosesMoses (machine translation)Moses is a free software statistical machine translation engine that allows automatically training translation models for any language pair given a collection of source and target text pairs...
- Weidner