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From: Brian Tatro
Date: Wed, 08 Jun 1994 16:10

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> From: Marion GUNN <MGUNN@IRLEARN.UCD.IE>
> Subject:      Parallel translations: ordering of adjectives
> To: CELTLING <celtling@mit.edu>, linguist%tamvm1.bitnet@HEARN.nic.SURFnet.nl,
>         insoft-l <insoft-l-request@trans2.b30.ingr.com>
>
>
> On translation from Gaelic to English, phrases such as "fia-mhadra mo/r allta"
> and "gasu/r beag mu/inte" come across something like "big bad wolf" and "good
> little boy". Can anyone explain why fluent English speakers feel uncomfortable
> if the order of adjectives in either of these examples is reversed to fit
> a more "logical" pattern, and supply further examples of adjectival
> ordering, where parallel machine translation could be affected?
> Please reply to address below, rather than to the list. If anything worth
> sharing emerges, I'll summarize the results.
> Marion Gunn
>
> MGUNN@IRLEARN.UCD.IE
>

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