Tshangla Manual - Manual for an integrated ELAN and FLEx workflow with multiple transcription and translation languages.
Creators: name: Bodt, Timotheus Adrianus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Tshangla
FLEx
ELAN
language documentation
multiple orthographies
language description
endangered languages
Kusunda

description: Bodt, Timotheus A. 2022. An integrated FLEx–ELAN workflow for linguistic analysis with multiple transcriptions and translations and multiple participants. Language Documentation and Conservation Vol. 16 (2022), pp. 417-452.


http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ldc/


http://hdl.handle.net/10125/74686


This upload contains the Tshangla Manual and its supplementary material, describing an integrated ELAN-FLEx workflow described in the article "An integrated FLEx-ELAN workflow for linguistic analysis with multiple transcriptions and translations and multiple participants." The main documents are:



	
The Tshangla Manual, describing the workflow on which this paper is based.
	
The supplementary material for this Tshangla Manual in the zip file Supplements New.zip, divided in folders that correspond to the sections in the manual, with one or more files in each folder:



 



	
(3.7) Backup of FLEx project after set-up: tsj 2021-06-17 0730 tsjvirgin in the folder 3.7 - FLEx tsj b4 import.
	
(4.4, 4.7) ELAN text before content languages and participants are added: RJBARZO190119old.eaf, RJBARZO190119old.etf and RJBARZO190119old.pfsx in the folder 4.4 - ELAN eaf and pfsx b4 participants and content languages.
	
(4.5) ELAN text after adding content languages and participants: RJBARZO190119.eaf and RJBARZO190119.pfsx in the folder 4.8 - ELAN b4 segmentation and transcription.
	
(4.6) The template file and the preferences file: tsj.etf and tsj.psfx in the folder 4.9 - ELAN final template and preferences files in the supplementary material.
	
(5.3) The ELAN text after segmentation and initial transcription and translation project: RJBARZO190119.eaf and RJBARZO190119.pfsx in the folder 5.3 - ELAN b4 2 FLEx first time.
	
(5.4) The recording-specific preferences file: tsh.pfsx in the folder 5.4 – Recording-specific pfsx file.
	
(6) The first flextext file from ELAN to FLEx: RJBARZO190119A.flextext in the folder 6 - ELAN 2 FLEx first time.
	
(8) Backup of the FLEx project with word-level annotations: tsj 2021-06-17 1559 tsj before export to ELAN in the folder 8 - FLEx tsj b4 export.
	
(8) Backup of the FLEx project with word- and morpheme-level annotations: tsj 2021-06-18 1133 tsj before export to ELAN incl morphs in the folder 8 - FLEx tsj b4 export.
	
(9) The first flextext file from FLEx to ELAN: RJBARZO190119B.flextext in the folder 9 - FLEx 2 ELAN flextext first time.
	
(9) The ELAN project before the import from FLEx: RJBARZO190119.eaf in the folder 9 - ELAN b4 import from FLEx 1st time.
	
(9) The ELAN project after the import from FLEx: RJBARZO190119C.eaf in the folder 9 - ELAN after import from FLEx.
	
(10) The ELAN project before export to FLEx the second time: RJBARZO190119.eaf in the folder 10 - ELAN b4 export to FLEx 2nd time.
	
(10) The second flextext file from ELAN to FLEx: RJBARZO190119.flextext in the folder 10 - ELAN 2 FLEx flextext 2nd time.
	
(10) Backup of the FLEx project before import from ELAN the second time: tsh 2021-07-23 1159 before import from ELAN 2nd time in the folder 10 - FLEx b4 import from ELAN 2nd time.
	
(10) Backup of the FLEx project after import from ELAN the second time: tsh 2021-07-23 1419 FLEx after import from ELAN 2nd time in the folder 10 - FLEx after import from ELAN 2nd time.
	
(10) Backup of the FLEx project before export to ELAN the second time: tsh 2021-07-23 1445 before export to ELAN 2nd time in the folder 10 – FLEx before export to ELAN 2nd time.
	
(10) The second flextext file from FLEx to ELAN: RJBARZO190119.flextext in the folder 10 - FLEx 2 ELAN flextext 2nd time.
	
(10) The ELAN project after import of the second flextext file: RJBARZO190119.eaf in the folder 10 - ELAN after import from FLEx 2nd time.
	
(11) The new ELAN project of the second recording: SANG200413B.eaf in the folder 11 - ELAN new text file.
	
(11) The flextext file of the new recording, first conversion from ELAN to FLEx: SANG200413B.flextext in the folder 11 - 1st flextext ELAN 2 FLEx.
	
(11) Backup of the FLEx project after importing the flextext file of the recording tsh 2021-07-23 1615 tshj after importing second text from ELAN in the folder 11 - FLEx with new text.
	
(11) The flextext file of the new recording, first conversion from FLEx to ELAN: SANG200113B.flextext in the folder 11 - 2nd flextext FLEx 2 ELAN.
	
(11) The ELAN project after importing the flextext file from FLEx: SANG200413B.eaf in the folder 11 - ELAN after import from FLEx.
	
(12) The ELAN project before segmentation, with TSBONG09031001.etf and TSBONG09031001.pfsx files that can be send to the counterpart if they can make initial segmentations themselves in the folder 12 - ELAN new text file A1.
	
(12) The segmented recording, with TSBONG09031001.etf and TSBONG09031001.pfsx files that can be send to the counterpart in the folder 12 - ELAN new text file A2.
	
(12) The partially transcribed and translated recording TSBONG09031001.etf in the folder 12 - ELAN new text file B.
	
(12) A backup of the FLEx database before adding the new text: tsh 2021-07-25 1113 b4 TSBONG text import in the folder 12 - b4 TSBONG text import.
	
(12) The flextext file from ELAN to FLEx: TSBONG09031001.flextext in the folder 12 - flextext ELAN 2 FLEx.
	
(12) A backup of the FLEx database after adding the new text: tsh 2021-07-25 1121 FLEx after TSBONG text import in folder 12 - FLEx after TSBONG text import.
	
(12) A backup of the FLEx database after initial annotation of the text: tsh 2021-07-25 1142 TSBONG after annotation in the folder 12 - FLEx after TSBONG annotation.
	
(12) The flextext file from FLEx to ELAN: TSBONG09031001A.flextext in folder 12 - flextext FLEx 2 ELAN.
	
(12) The ELAN project after importing the flextext file from FLEx and making adjustments to the view in Interlinearization Mode: TSBONG09031001A.eaf in the folder 12 – ELAN after import from FLEx.
	
(12) The flextext file converting the ELAN text back to FLEx: TSBONG09031001A.flextext in the folder 12 - flextext ELAN 2 FLEx 2nd round.
	
(12) The ELAN project after adding an additional transcription tier is APEKO161117D.eaf in the folder 12 - ELAN after additional tier, with as corresponding preferences file APEKO161117D.pfsx and the flextext file APEKO161117D.flextext.
	
(12) The FLEx backup after importing the flextext file with the additional transcription tier form ELAN is backup tsh 2021-07-27 1617 after import from ELAN in the folder 12 - ELAN after additional tier. The FLEx backup after the required changes is tsh 2021-07-27 1629 FLEx after update of transcription in the same folder, with the subsequent flextext file APEKO161117D1.flextext and the ELAN project after importing this flextext file as APEKO161117D1.eaf.



In addition, this upload contains related materials, mentioned in the article or in the manual:



	
The Kusunda Manual, similar to a large extent to the Tshangla manual but with a slightly different ELAN and FLEx setup suited to the specific requirements.
	
The Avidemux Manual, explaining how to prepare video- and sound files (in particular, how to extract a sound file from a video file) using Avidemux.
	
The Manual Segmentation Key ELAN, a short guide how to manually set the segmentation key in ELAN.
	
The Manual Font Settings ELAN, a short manual how to set the fonts and the font colours of the tiers in ELAN.
	
The Manual ELAN, a manual for local research counterparts explaining how to start, segment, transcribe and translate a recording in ELAN.
	
The Manual Tweaking Content Languages in ELAN, detailing how to manually tweak the content languages in ELAN releases prior to version 6.2.
	
A zip file Screenshots New.zip, which includes, per section of the Tshangla Manual, the screenshots in this Manual for closer inspection.
	
A zip file Soundfiles.zip, containing the four sound files used in the Tshangla Manual.
	
A zip file Supplements Manual Tweaking Content Languages.zip with additional material to the Manual Tweaking Content Languages in ELAN.
	
An overview of the five different writing systems for Tshangla based on the Tshangla phonology, Supplement Tshangla writing systems.pdf.



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Any feedback, suggestions, advice, analysis etc. based on this material which will help in improving the workflow, especially from people who have implemented it, is welcome: Tim Bodt: bodttim (at) gmail (dot) com
description: This work is supported by the British Academy through her Postdoctoral Fellowship PF20\100076.