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Helping AI learn Kashmiri: checking computer translations

We are helping AI learn Kashmiri, so the language can live on in the digital age: translation from Kashmiri into English and from English into Kashmiri. The first step is native speakers checking today's computer translations. Pick the form that fits you; each takes about five minutes, and you get a reference number at the end.

How it works

Teachers

  1. Fill in Form AAbout five minutes. You tick what you agree to and sign by typing your name.
  2. Get your private linkThe thank-you screen has a Start marking online button. Bookmark that page: it is your way back.
  3. Get a packThe site gives you a pack of 25 Kashmiri sentences, each with three computer translations (A, B, C).
  4. Mark one sentence at a timeScore each translation from 1 to 5 and mark its mistakes. About 45 to 60 minutes a pack; every answer saves as you go.
  5. Finish, or take another packStop whenever you like and come back with the same link. Major contributors receive a certificate.
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Head of school

  1. Fill in Form BPermission for the activity at your school.
  2. Share the linksTeachers use /consent/teacher. For students, parents use /consent/parent.
  3. Get a summaryThe school receives a summary of the results, and is thanked by name only if you allow it.
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Parents and students

  1. Parent fills in Form CChoose class activity only, or class activity plus research use (only after an ethics committee approves).
  2. Student fills in Form D in classWith the teacher present. The student can say no, even if the parent agreed.
  3. Class activityStudents mark sentences like the teachers do. Their answers are not used in research without ethics approval.
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What marking looks like

An example, already marked. Your pack has 25 sentences like this.

سُہ چھُ آز اکھ کامیاب ویب ڈزاینَر۔

Reference He is a successful web designer today.

A He is a successful web designer today.

12345No errors

All the meaning is there.

B Today he is a web designer.

12345Omission: minor

"Successful" is missing, but the sentence still makes sense.

C She was a famous painter.

12345Meaning wrong: major

A different sentence: a reader would be misled.

Scores: 5 = all the meaning is there; 4 = most, a small slip; 3 = about half; 2 = little; 1 = none, or a different sentence. The reference is one good translation, not the only one: judge against the Kashmiri.

Choose your form

Order: the head of school signs Form B first. A student fills in Form D only after a parent or guardian has filled in Form C.