Kkkk... Kiran decodes it!
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The B.Tech student has developed a software which translates English sentences without deviating from grammatical essence.
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BREAKING THROUGH: Hail Malla Prasanth Kiran and his unique software. Photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam
When Pierce Brosnan chats with his girlfriend in a heavily accented English, Bond lovers from Telugu families can hardly follow him. How about Telugu sub-titles displayed on the screen instantly or how about listening to him speaking in our own sweet language in his own voice without losing the essence? Sounds incredible!
But software created by an engineering student from Vishakapatnam makes it possible due its uniqueness in translating English sentences without deviating from grammatical norms. "That is the distinctiveness of the software," says Malla Prasanth Kiran, a B.Tech (Computers) student at Avanthi College of Engineering, Narsipatnam. The existing software in the market can literally translate the words but cannot give a correct translation keeping the grammatical aspects in view.
Quintessential Telugu
For example, one says "Happy birthday" to greet in English and the existing softwares would translate it in Telugu as "Santosham puttinaroju." But the software written by Kiran would translate it as "Puttinaroju subakankshalu," as conveyed in Telugu. Importantly, it would also display the message on the screen in Telugu script. And if attached to speech recognition software available in the market, it would read the word in the quintessential Telugu accent.
The software uses a standard dictionary designed by Kiran to accomplish the task. "If a Tamil dictionary is loaded, one can hear in Tamil and also see Tamil script on the computer," says Kiran, who has used Java language to develop the package. Interestingly, Kiran, who has studied in a convent since his childhood, learnt Telugu grammar before applying the nuances into the software.
It would be of immense use for vernacular medium students who want to cull out the wealth of information available on the Net. The millions of web pages available in English can be converted into Indian languages. Though software for converting icons, tool bars and menu bars into some Indian languages is available and is already being used by sites like Google, this software helps in translating the entire text into Indian languages following the syntax.
It can also be integrated with other systems to send SMS to mobile phones and e-mails in vernacular languages. News scrolls and movie sub-title in English on televisions can be translated into Telugu in real-time environment.
"Companies like Microsoft are planning to launch a similar project for a few Indian languages and my software can be adopted for the project," says the son of M.L.K. Appaji Rao, an employee in the Vishakapatnam Steel Plant.
Kiran is now planning to approach software companies with the product and offer copyrights and also for support to improve it further.
He can be reached at one_for_india@yahoo.co.in.
R. RAVIKANTH REDDY
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