Abstract
The report discusses such cases, where a single-word English verb maps to a multi-word Finnish verb. Translation to Finnish includes many problems, because the multi-word solution in translation affects the inflection of the modifiers of the verb. The translation system has the default rule set for single-verb to single-verb mapping. However, in the case of single-verb to multi-verb mapping, the inflection rules are different. Therefore, these cases must be kept strictly apart from the other cases. I have collected all (more than 500) such English verbs, which have at least one such Finnish gloss, which is a multi-word verb. The verbs can be subdivided into sub-groups according to the inflection patterns, which they require. The solutions for translating each type are discussed and demonstrated.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | SALAMA - Swahili Language Manager |
| Editors | Arvi Hurskainen |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Publisher | SALAMA - Swahili Language Manager |
| Publication date | 2020 |
| Edition | 51 |
| Article number | 51 |
| Publication status | Published - 2020 |
| MoE publication type | B3 Article in conference proceedings |
Publication series
| Name | Technical Reports on Language Technology |
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| Publisher | SALAMA - Swahili Language Manager |
| Number | 51 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 2670-1391 |
Cite this
Hurskainen, A. (2020). Multi-word verbs in English to Finnish machine translation I: Single-word to multi-word verb mapping. In A. Hurskainen (Ed.), SALAMA - Swahili Language Manager (51 ed.). [51] (Technical Reports on Language Technology; No. 51). SALAMA - Swahili Language Manager.