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I'm an Australian indigenous and have been slowly working on this problem in my own way for a few years. https://github.com/australia/mobtranslate.com/ https:/
by thomasfromcdnjs 2y ago
I'm an Australian indigenous and have been slowly working on this problem in my own way for a few years.
https://github.com/australia/mobtranslate.com/ https://github.com/australia/mobtranslate.com/
In it's current iteration the homepage is just running dictionaries through OpenAI. (my tribes dictionary fits in a 100k context window)
My old ambitions can be found somewhat here -> https://github.com/australia/mobtranslate-server https://github.com/australia/mobtranslate-server
That being said, the OpenAI models do a fantastic job at translating sentences so I've put my own model research further to the back. (will try to find some examples)
I can't speak of the true preservation, not many native speakers left, but in my mind that's not even all that important from a personal/cultural perspective.
If the youth who are interested in learning more about their language have a nice interface with 70-80% accurate results and they enjoy doing/learning it then that is a win to me. (and kind of how language evolves anyway) (the noun replacement seems to work great, but grammar is obviously wishy-washy)
(At this point, I just rushed to get my tribes dictionary crawlable so hopefully it will be in a few models next training phases)
- prawn 2y agoI was looking to name a property recently and tried ChatGPT for suggestions on a theme of geographical features in various languages. I had it try Kaurna (Adelaide area) on a whim and was pleasantly surprised (given that Google Translate doesn't cover it, I guess) to find that it gave loads of relevant suggestions without any issue. Any that I picked to selectively check verified with Kaurna dictionaries OK.