BridgeTalk: A Translator from Sinhala to English and English to Sinhala

Abstract

This research concentrates on a transfer-based machine translation system that is equipped with translating a grammatically correct Singlish / Sinhala sentence into its corresponding English sentence and vice versa. This approach, Sinhala to English translation has never been addressed before. Because English is the language used by most people to conduct daily business, learning it is now compulsory and very beneficial towards the growth. In the process of translating Sinhala sentences to English the user input can be in either Sinhala or Singlish and the reverse way which is, when translating English sentences to Sinhala input should be in English. The main objective of this translator is to enable a smooth flow translation of sentences and paragraphs to not only to the locals but also to the foreigners and thereby eliminate the language barrier between and within the groups.Application is compatible with both Sinhala and English efficient voice typing capabilities with added benefits. A considerable amount of rules, patterns and words of both languages were used to develop this system. The task of creating a Sinhala to English language translator was undertaken in order to meet this requirement and build sentences that are grammatically sound. This system delivers translations with 90% of accuracy approximately 65 sentences under 1 minute.