International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences
Int. j. adv. appl. sci.
EISSN: 2313-3724
Print ISSN: 2313-626X
Volume 3, Issue 9 (September 2016), Pages: 59-66
Title: Artificial intelligence and natural language processing: the Arabic corpora in online translation software
Author(s): Mohammed Abdulmalik Ali *
Affiliation(s):
Department of English, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, AlKharj, Saudi Arabia
https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2016.09.010
Abstract:
It is ironical to note that worldwide the Internet content in the Arabic language is mere 1%, whereas 5% of the world population speaks Arabic. This speaks of the disproportionate presence of on-line content of Arabic language as compared to other languages which may be due to many reasons including a lack of experts in the field of the Arabic language. This research study will investigate the impact of such Machine Translation (MT) software and TM tools that are widely used by the Arab community for their academic and business purposes. The study aims at finding whether it is possible to bring a paradigm shift from Arabic Localization to Arabic Globalization; hence, facilitating the usage of NLP techniques in the human interface with the computer. For this study; a few machine translation software (e.g. SYSTRAN, IBM Watson) shall be studied for their content and applications, to determine their usage without human intervention and retaining the meaning of the original text.
© 2016 The Authors. Published by IASE.
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Keywords: Arabic corpora, Online content, Translation, Software
Article History: Received 25 May 2016, Received in revised form 28 August 2016, Accepted 20 September 2016
Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2016.09.010
Citation:
Ali MA (2016). Artificial intelligence and natural language processing: the Arabic corpora in online translation software. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 3(9): 59-66
http://www.science-gate.com/IJAAS/V3I9/Abdulmalik.html
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