Computational Model of Grammar for English to 
                     Sinhala Machine Translation
                                     By
                                 Budditha Hettige
                         Department of Statistics and Computer Science, 
                         University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
                                     &
                                Asoka S. Karunanada
                            Faculty of Information Technology, 
                            University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
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                    OOvveerrvviieeww
                     • Introduction
                     • Machine Translation
                     • Sinhala Language
                     • Computational Model of Grammar for Sinhala 
                           Language
                     • Design & Implementation
                     • Evaluation
                     • Conclusion & further works
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                    IInnttrroodduuccttiioonn
                  • Machine Translation
                          –Computer software that translates text or speech 
                               from one natural language to another
                  • Machine Translation gives a potential solution 
                        for language barrier 
                  • Many countries use Machine Translation as a 
                        solution for their language barrier
                          – India 
                          –Japan etc.
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                    EExxiissttiinngg  AApppprrooaacchheess
                  • Human-assisted
                  • Rule-based
                  • Statistical
                  • Example-based
                  • Knowledge-based
                  • Hybrid 
                  • Agent-based
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