UNL Nepali Deconverter

Abstract

This paper discusses about the Interlingua approach of machine translation, especially the Nepali generator part of Interlingua based machine translation in which the Interlingua used is UNL (Universal Networking Language). Nepali is the national language of Nepal, a country in Indian sub continental region. UNL is an Interlingua proposed by United Nations University/Institute Of Advanced Studies, Tokyo, Japan to remove language barrier and digital divide in the World Wide Web. This paper describes about the architecture and design of UNL Nepali Deconverter (Generator), that has been implemented using a tool called DeCo, a language neutral generator. Nepali sentences are generated using information present in Nepali language at different linguistic levels. Information like case relations, case markers etc. in Nepali sentences can be generated from morphological level itself since Nepali is a morphologically rich language.