任洪凯,毛曦,王继周,马维军,殷红梅

• 1:南方海洋科学与工程广东省实验室(珠海)
• 2:中国测绘科学研究院
• 3:首都师范大学

摘要(Abstract)：

针对大量英文地名急需实现中文翻译及目前英语地名自动翻译研究较少、翻译结果质量低下的问题,该文提出了一种英语地名机器翻译方法。首先对于不同类别地名语料基于点互信息和有向无环图数据结构提取地名模板,然后基于统计模板模型解析地名词法结构实现翻译。实验结果表明:该方法翻译精度相对较高,可有效应用于地名生产。本方法解决了地名翻译中通专名合理区分的难题,同时利用地名类别属性辅助翻译,大大节省了人工成本,对我国地名翻译及生产领域具有一定参考意义。

关键词(KeyWords)： 地名;机器翻译;类别;点互信息;有向无环图;词法结构解析

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基金项目(Foundation): 自然资源部重大项目（12113600000018）;; 科技部重点研发项目（2017-2021）(2017YFB0503600);; 中国测绘科学研究院基本科研业务经费项目（AR1912）

作者(Author): 任洪凯,毛曦,王继周,马维军,殷红梅

DOI: 10.16251/j.cnki.1009-2307.2021.02.022

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