[sword-devel] Mapping Strongs numbers to translations that do not come with Strongs support

[Tobias Klein]

Hi David,

Cool! Thanks for the hint! Do you happen to know whether that software 
used by the STEP team is open source?

Best regards,
Tobias

On 13.04.19 13:00, David Haslam wrote:
> This was done already by the Tyndale STEP team for adding Strong’s 
> Numbers to the ESV.
>
> They used bespoke software followed by manual adjustments.
>
> Ask David Instone-Brewer for details.
>
> Best regards,
>
> David
>
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>
> On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 11:33, Tobias Klein <contact at tklein.info 
> <mailto:contact at tklein.info>> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have an idea that I would like to run by you guys.
>>
>> Would it be possible to automatically map Strongs numbers to
>> translations that do not come with Strongs support?
>>
>> The approach would be like this:
>> - Take a translation that comes with Strongs numbers
>> - Map each word (and Strongs number) to a corresponding word in the
>> target translation, by using a regular dictionary
>>
>> There may be some validation / manual checking needed when there is not
>> a clear match between a word in the source translation and the target
>> translation.
>> Furthermore, this would probably only work with pairs of translations
>> that are both aiming to be literal. In that case the order of words
>> would be very similar and would increase chances of mapping
>> words/Strongs correctly.
>>
>> What do you think?
>> I'd be very happy to see Strongs mapped to German translations
>> specifically. But it could technically even work for English/English
>> translation mapping.
>>
>> Have a nice weekend!
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Tobias
>>
>>
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