Papers by Nsima Ab Udouboh
Mitigating Translationese in Low-resource Languages: The Storyboard Approach (2024.lrec-main)
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Garry Kuwanto, Eno-Abasi E. Urua, Priscilla Amondi Amuok, Shamsuddeen Hassan Muhammad, Anuoluwapo Aremu, Verrah Otiende, Loice Emma Nanyanga, Teresiah W. Nyoike, Aniefon D. Akpan, Nsima Ab Udouboh, Idongesit Udeme Archibong, Idara Effiong Moses, Ifeoluwatayo A. Ige, Benjamin Ajibade, Olumide Benjamin Awokoya, Idris Abdulmumin, Saminu Mohammad Aliyu, Ruqayya Nasir Iro, Ibrahim Said Ahmad, Deontae Smith, Praise-EL Michaels, David Ifeoluwa Adelani, Derry Tanti Wijaya, Anietie Andy
| Challenge: | Low-resource languages often face challenges in acquiring high-quality language data due to the reliance on translation-based methods, which introduce the translationese effect. |
| Approach: | They propose a method that uses storyboards to elicit more fluent and natural sentences from native speakers without direct exposure to the source text. |
| Outcome: | The proposed method compared with traditional translation-based methods in terms of accuracy and fluency. |