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Re: universal written language - a protocol for machine translation

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From: kyan1
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 00:00
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"Bohdan" <bohdan111@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> Search about "UNL" (= Universal Network Language). It is a
> project of United Nation. The goal is exactly what you say.
> Try Alta Vista or another search engine. Good luck!

thanks for the information!!!!
Ive just visited their site, http://www.unl.ias.unu.edu

(1) the most important thing I noticed about UNL is that it
is what I'd call a "black-box representation", not intended
as a real language that humans could use.

(2) i simply cant believe that UNL is feasible without the
success of natural-language comprehension by computers.
their web site says "When it is found that the result is
not correct enough, user can either rewrite the original
document or produce UNL interactively according to the
guidance which is provided by the editor".

(3) UNL's technical details are not open to the general
public.  this is quite different from the idea in my
project and is quite against my philosophy.

anyway, Im surprised that UNL is so similar to what i
had in mind  :)

> Bohdan  dassbiba@yahoo.com
Yan King Yin  http://members.tripod.com/kickle


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Subject: Re: universal written language - a protocol for machine translation
Date: 1999/05/20
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