Information and communication technology (ICT) is playing an
increasingly influential role in reshaping trade, growth, employment
and production in large parts of the world. ICT presents unprecedented
opportunities to combat poverty by increasing income, opening
markets and providing a channel through which the voices of
the poor can be heard. One of the world’s main challenges
is to broaden the reach of ICT to those who risk being left
behind.
My thesis research, interactive and automatic refinement of
translation rules, is part of a project concerned with the rapid
and affordable development of MT systems for resource-poor languages,
such as Quechua and Mapudungun. The V-unit will allow me to
spend this summer in Peru developing a Quechua --> Spanish
translation system, and with that I will be able to test the
correction interface I developed for a new set of user studies
and with Quechua native speakers.
