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+# English-Igbo Parallel Corpus
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+## Description
+
+This dataset is a comprehensive collection of parallel sentences in English and Igbo. It has been compiled from multiple sources to create a rich resource for machine translation, language research, and natural language processing tasks. The dataset is particularly valuable for those focusing on Igbo, a language spoken primarily in Nigeria, which is underrepresented in the field of computational linguistics.
+
+## Composition
+
+The dataset comprises the following components:
+
+1. **iamwille/igbo-translation Dataset:** Originally sourced from [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/datasets/iamwille/igbo-translation), this subset includes professionally translated sentences covering various topics.
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+2. **Igbo-English Machine Translation Dataset:** This subset, also sourced from Hugging Face, provides additional translated sentences with a focus on common phrases and expressions.
+
+3. **Custom Text File Translations:** A set of English-Igbo sentence pairs extracted from a custom text file, offering a diverse range of everyday language usage.
+
+4. **JW300 Text Data:** Sourced from the JW300 corpus, this part includes religious and educational text, contributing to the diversity of the dataset.
+
+## Dataset Structure
+
+### Data Splits
+
+The dataset is divided into two splits:
+
+- **Training Set:** Contains a majority of the sentences, intended for training machine translation models or other NLP tasks.
+- **Test Set:** A smaller set of sentences for evaluating model performance.
+
+### Data Fields
+
+Each entry in the dataset consists of two fields:
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+- `English`: The sentence or phrase in English.
+- `Igbo`: The corresponding translation in Igbo.
+
+### Data Format
+
+The dataset is available in CSV format, with each row representing a parallel sentence pair.
+
+## Usage
+
+This dataset can be used for various tasks in NLP, including but not limited to:
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+- Machine Translation
+- Cross-lingual Transfer Learning
+- Linguistic Research
+
+## Source and Acknowledgments
+
+This dataset has been compiled from various sources. We acknowledge the contributions of:
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+- Hugging Face for hosting the initial datasets.
+- The creators of the JW300 corpus.
+- Individual contributors of the custom text translations.
+
+## Licensing
+
+This dataset is released under [specify the license, e.g., MIT License]. Please ensure to adhere to the licensing terms of the original sources when using this dataset.
+
+## Contact
+
+For any queries or contributions, please contact [Your Name/Your Organization's Name] at [Your Contact Information].