<p>This project aims to <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalization_and_localization">internationalize</a> Apertium tools so that they can be <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalization_and_localization">localized</a> easily to other languages, which makes usage of Apertium tools easier for non-English users. I have done this by building and using a <a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/apertium/icuformat">library</a> that wraps <a target="_blank" href="https://icu.unicode.org/#h.i33fakvpjb7o">ICU4C</a>, which supports Unicode and internationalization.</p>
<h1 id="heading-background">Background</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>Apertium is a rule-based machine translation toolchain and ecosystem.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Apertium tools were hard-coded as English only.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="heading-achieved-goals">Achieved Goals</h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Internationalized Apertium tools.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Assigned codes to error/warning messages for easy search online.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Created a wiki page for each warning/error in the <a target="_blank" href="https://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Category:Error_Codes">Apertium wiki</a> (except for apertium-recursive and lexd repos).</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="heading-future-goals">Future Goals</h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Make wiki pages for apertium-recursive and lexd errors/warnings</p>
</li>
<li><p>More testing.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Simplify code and rephrase messages to be more useful.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Help in adding languages other than English (<a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalization_and_localization">Localization</a>).</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="heading-source-code">Source Code</h2>
<ul>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://apertium.projectjj.com/gsoc2023/ahmedsiam0.html">https://apertium.projectjj.com/gsoc2023/ahmedsiam0.html</a></li>
</ul>


This project aims to [internationalize](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalization_and_localization) Apertium tools so that they can be [localized](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalization_and_localization) easily to other languages, which makes usage of Apertium tools easier for non-English users. I have done this by building and using a [library](https://github.com/apertium/icuformat) that wraps [ICU4C](https://icu.unicode.org/#h.i33fakvpjb7o), which supports Unicode and internationalization.

# Background

* Apertium is a rule-based machine translation toolchain and ecosystem.
    
* Apertium tools were hard-coded as English only.
    

## Achieved Goals

* Internationalized Apertium tools.
    
* Assigned codes to error/warning messages for easy search online.
    
* Created a wiki page for each warning/error in the [Apertium wiki](https://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Category:Error_Codes) (except for apertium-recursive and lexd repos).
    

## Future Goals

* Make wiki pages for apertium-recursive and lexd errors/warnings
    
* More testing.
    
* Simplify code and rephrase messages to be more useful.
    
* Help in adding languages other than English ([Localization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalization_and_localization)).
    

## Source Code

* [https://apertium.projectjj.com/gsoc2023/ahmedsiam0.html](https://apertium.projectjj.com/gsoc2023/ahmedsiam0.html)

Report that describes what I have done during Google Summer of Code 2023 at Apertium

GSoC 2023 Report: Internationalization of Apertium Tools

Computer Science Student | Google Summer of Code 2023 contributor at Apertium


Ahmed Siam

Ahmed Siam

GSoC 2023 Report: Internationalization of Apertium Tools

Report that describes what I have done during Google Summer of Code 2023 at Apertium

Background

Achieved Goals

Future Goals

Source Code