Datasets:

collectivat
/

ladino-synthetic-parallel

license: cc-by-4.0
task_categories:
  - translation
language:
  - en
  - es
  - tr
  - lad
size_categories:
  - 1M<n<10M
tags:
  - ladino
  - judeo-spanish
  - synthetic
  - parallel-corpus
configs:
  - config_name: en-lad
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: en-lad/train-*.parquet
  - config_name: es-lad
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: es-lad/train-*.parquet
  - config_name: tr-lad
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: tr-lad/train-*.parquet

Synthetic Ladino Parallel Corpus

Synthetically produced parallel data for Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) using rule-based Spanish-Ladino translation.

Created by: Col·lectivaT
Created: 09/08/2022
Updated: 21/11/2024

Dataset Description

This dataset contains synthetic parallel corpora for Ladino paired with English, Turkish, and Spanish. The data was generated using rule-based Spanish-Ladino translation methods to support the preservation and digital development of this endangered language.

Dataset Sizes

en-lad: 5,746,570 sentence pairs
es-lad: 10,320,326 sentence pairs
tr-lad: 4,573,753 sentence pairs

Language Pairs

Ladino-Turkish: 4,573,753 sentences
Ladino-English: 5,746,570 sentences
Ladino-Spanish: 10,320,326 sentences

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

# Load a specific language pair
dataset = load_dataset("collectivat/ladino_synthetic_parallel", "en-lad")

# Access the data
for example in dataset['train']:
    print(f"English: {example['en']}")
    print(f"Ladino: {example['lad']}")
    print(f"Corpus ID: {example['corpus_id']}")
    print()

Available Configs

from datasets import get_dataset_config_names
configs = get_dataset_config_names("collectivat/ladino_synthetic_parallel")
print(configs)  # ['en-lad', 'es-lad', 'tr-lad']

Dataset Structure

Each config contains parallel sentences with the following columns:

id: Unique sentence pair identifier
[src_lang]: Source language text (e.g., en, es, tr)
lad: Ladino (target language) text
corpus_id: Original corpus identifier
src_2: Alternative source text (if available)

Source Data

Original CSV files are available in the raw/ directory.

Citation

If you use this dataset, please cite:

Preparing an endangered language for the digital age: The Case of Judeo-Spanish

License

This dataset is licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

This repository is developed as part of project "Judeo-Spanish: Connecting the two ends of the Mediterranean" carried out by Col·lectivaT and Sephardic Center of Istanbul within the framework of the “Grant Scheme for Common Cultural Heritage: Preservation and Dialogue between Turkey and the EU–II (CCH-II)” implemented by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey with the financial support of the European Union. The content of this website is the sole responsibility of Col·lectivaT and does not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.