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

[David Haslam]

No - other than a loose description.

Ask David I-B and/or Jamie (ARA) Jamieson.

David

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On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 12:50, Tobias Klein <contact at tklein.info> wrote:

> 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> 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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