Hausa to English

Author: Moshooo O. Yekini

Data

- The JW300 English-Hausa dataset.
- The Tanzil (Quran) English-Hausa dataset. 
- The Wikimedia English-Hausa dataset.
- The Tatoeba English-Hausa dataset

Model

- Default Masakhane Transformer translation model.
- Link to google drive folder with model [here](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1q8gPqJM8NGLuweosN1aqRnMxnOywrZM7)
- Updates on future experiments and other methods can be seen [here](https://github.com/wallmosh/masakhane/blob/master/ha-en/opus_ha_en_baseline/Hausa_English_NMT.ipynb)

Analysis

Example 0

    Source:     " Ka dũba yadda Muke sarrafa ãyõyi , tsammãninsu sunã fahimta ! "
    Reference:  Note how We explain the revelations , so that they may understand . ”
    Hypothesis: See how We make clear signs so that they may understand .

Example #1

    Source:     Dã Mun so , dã Mun mayar da shi ruwan zartsi . To don me bã ku gõdẽwa ?
    Reference:  If We pleased , We would have made it salty ; why do you not then give thanks ?
    Hypothesis: If We willed , We would have removed him with water , so why do you not give thanks ?

Example #2

    Source:     Kuma waɗanda suka kãfirta da ãyõyinMu , sũ ne ma 'abũta shu 'umci
    Reference:  and [ as for ] those who are bent on denying the truth of Our revelations , they are the people of the left hand ,
    Hypothesis: Those who disbelieve in Our signs are the people of the wicked .

Example #3

    Source:     Kuma Yanã sassaƙa jirgin cikin natsuwa , kuma a kõ yaushe waɗansu shugabanni daga mutãnensa suka shũɗe a gabansa , sai su yi izgili gare shi .
    Reference:  And he was building the ship , and every time that chieftains of his people passed him , they made mock of him .
    Hypothesis: He will send the ships in the bones , and when the leaders of his people have passed before him , they mock him .

Results

- BLEU train: 24.57
- BLEU dev: 24.95
- BLEU test:  25.27

BPE links:

- https://drive.google.com/open?id=1cdkMb0H0qtGpb82taLJJs9Dj7mAUR8V0