Cross-lingual word embeddings.

摘要

The majority of natural language processing (NLP) is English language processing, and while there is good technology support for (standard varieties of) English, support for Albanian, Burmese, or Cebuano -and most other languages-remains limited. Being able to bridge this digital divide is important for scientific and democratic reasons but also represents an enormous growth potential. The ubiquity of communications is a fantastic blessing but presents humanity with a very significant cultural-heritage challenge. Many natural languages are disappearing or are in danger of disappearing, and this is a tremendous cultural loss for all of us. As a "representative" of a small group of people with few speakers of their language, and even fewer who understand it, I feel strongly about this issue; beyond democracy, this issue may be critical for humanity's future.