On the Similarities Between Native, Non-native and Translated Texts
Computation and Language
2016-09-13 v1
Abstract
We present a computational analysis of three language varieties: native, advanced non-native, and translation. Our goal is to investigate the similarities and differences between non-native language productions and translations, contrasting both with native language. Using a collection of computational methods we establish three main results: (1) the three types of texts are easily distinguishable; (2) non-native language and translations are closer to each other than each of them is to native language; and (3) some of these characteristics depend on the source or native language, while others do not, reflecting, perhaps, unified principles that similarly affect translations and non-native language.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1609.03204,
title = {On the Similarities Between Native, Non-native and Translated Texts},
author = {Ella Rabinovich and Sergiu Nisioi and Noam Ordan and Shuly Wintner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.03204},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
ACL2016, 12 pages