English-Afrikaans Translation of Siyavula Textbooks
Data
The data used for this English-Afrikaans MT system was compiled from content on the Siyavula website, specifically using the Grade 5 and 6 science textbooks with a licence which allows adaptations, CC BY.
If the data is further distributed or adapted, it needs to also be released under the same CC BY license, with credit to Siyavula for the content and Herman Kamper for the data compilation.
The compiled and pre-processed data can be downloaded from: https://www.kamperh.com/data/siyavula_en_af.noweb.3.zip
Changes to model
I made very limited changes to the setup from the original example codebook, apart from changing the batch sizes and some of the validation settings.
Example input-output sentences
Example 1:
Source: resources about water
Reference: hulpbronne oor water
Hypothesis: bronne van water
Example 2:
Source: what does it mean to purify water ?
Reference: wat beteken dit om water te suiwer ?
Hypothesis: wat beteken dit om water te suiwer ?
Example 3:
Source: it means to clean water; to remove pollutants from the water .
Reference: om water te suiwer beteken om besoedeling uit water te verwyder .
Hypothesis: dit beteken om skoon te skoon waterbesoedeling uit die water te verwyder .
Example 4:
Source: what is clean water ?
Reference: wat is skoon water ?
Hypothesis: wat is skoon ?
Example 5:
Source: try it out and see if this makes a difference .
Reference: probeer dit en kyk of dit 'n verskil maak .
Hypothesis: probeer dit op en kyk as 'n verskil is .