Automatic Translation and Multilingual Cultural Heritage Retrieval: A Case Study with Transcriptions in Europeana

Mónica Marrero; Antoine Isaac; Nuno Freire

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-86324-1_17

Automatic Translation and Multilingual Cultural Heritage Retrieval: A Case Study with Transcriptions in Europeana

Mónica Marrero^*, Antoine Isaac, Nuno Freire

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Abstract

Multilinguality is of particular interest for digital libraries in Cultural Heritage (CH), where the language of the data may not match users’ languages. However, multilingual access is rarely implemented beyond the use of multilingual interfaces. We have run an experiment using the Europeana CH digital library as a use case. We evaluate the effectiveness of a multilingual information retrieval strategy using machine translations to English as pivot language. We conducted an indirect evaluation that should be considered preliminary. Yet, together with a manual analysis of the query translations, it already shows (or confirms) some of the benefits and challenges of deploying such systems in CH.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Linking Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries
Subtitle of host publication	25th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2021, Virtual Event, September 13–17, 2021, Proceedings
Editors	Gerd Berget, Mark Michael Hall, Daniel Brenn, Sanna Kumpulainen
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	133-138
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030863241
ISBN (Print)	9783030863234
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86324-1_17
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	25th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: 13 Sept 2021 → 17 Sept 2021

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	12866 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Conference	25th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2021
City	Virtual, Online
Period	13/09/21 → 17/09/21

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© 2021, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Keywords

Cultural Heritage
Machine translation
Multilinguality

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Marrero, M., Isaac, A., & Freire, N. (2021). Automatic Translation and Multilingual Cultural Heritage Retrieval: A Case Study with Transcriptions in Europeana. In G. Berget, M. M. Hall, D. Brenn, & S. Kumpulainen (Eds.), Linking Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries: 25th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2021, Virtual Event, September 13–17, 2021, Proceedings (pp. 133-138). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12866 LNCS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86324-1_17

Marrero, Mónica ; Isaac, Antoine ; Freire, Nuno. / Automatic Translation and Multilingual Cultural Heritage Retrieval : A Case Study with Transcriptions in Europeana. Linking Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries: 25th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2021, Virtual Event, September 13–17, 2021, Proceedings. editor / Gerd Berget ; Mark Michael Hall ; Daniel Brenn ; Sanna Kumpulainen. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021. pp. 133-138 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Marrero, M, Isaac, A & Freire, N 2021, Automatic Translation and Multilingual Cultural Heritage Retrieval: A Case Study with Transcriptions in Europeana. in G Berget, MM Hall, D Brenn & S Kumpulainen (eds), Linking Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries: 25th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2021, Virtual Event, September 13–17, 2021, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 12866 LNCS, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 133-138, 25th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2021, Virtual, Online, 13/09/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86324-1_17

Automatic Translation and Multilingual Cultural Heritage Retrieval: A Case Study with Transcriptions in Europeana. / Marrero, Mónica; Isaac, Antoine; Freire, Nuno.
Linking Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries: 25th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2021, Virtual Event, September 13–17, 2021, Proceedings. ed. / Gerd Berget; Mark Michael Hall; Daniel Brenn; Sanna Kumpulainen. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021. p. 133-138 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12866 LNCS).

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Marrero M, Isaac A, Freire N. Automatic Translation and Multilingual Cultural Heritage Retrieval: A Case Study with Transcriptions in Europeana. In Berget G, Hall MM, Brenn D, Kumpulainen S, editors, Linking Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries: 25th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2021, Virtual Event, September 13–17, 2021, Proceedings. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2021. p. 133-138. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). Epub 2021 Sept 7. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-86324-1_17

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