Ladino Neural Machine Translation Models
OpenNMT-based models for Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) machine translation.
Models
lad-eng/: Ladino ↔ Englishlad-spa/: Ladino ↔ Spanishlad-tur/: Ladino ↔ Turkish
Usage
These instructions were automatically generated by an LLM and are not tested.
1import sentencepiece as spm
2import torch
3import onmt
4
5# Load model
6model_path = "lad-eng/model_lad-eng_step_100000.pt"
7model = torch.load(model_path)
8
9# Load sentencepiece
10sp = spm.SentencePieceProcessor()
11sp.load("lad-eng/sp.model")
Background
Ladino (also called Judeo-Spanish or Judezmo, ISO 639-3: lad) is the historical language of Sephardic Jews, descended from Old Castilian Spanish of the 15th century. After the Spanish Inquisition (1492), Sephardic Jews were expelled and welcomed into the Ottoman Empire, where they retained and evolved the language for over 530 years.
Today, Ladino is classified as a severely endangered language by UNESCO. This TTS model is part of efforts to preserve and revitalize the language through modern technology.
Citation
Curation
This dataset was curated as part of the project "Judeo-Spanish: Connecting the Two Ends of the Mediterranean" carried out by Col·lectivaT and Sephardic Center of Istanbul within the framework of the "Grant Scheme for Common Cultural Heritage: Preservation and Dialogue between Turkey and the EU–II (CCH-II)" implemented by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey with the financial support of the European Union.
Contact
- Sephardic Center of Istanbul: sephardiccenter@gmail.com
Acknowledgments
The content of this dataset is the sole responsibility of Col·lectivaT and does not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.
License
This dataset is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC-BY-NC-4.0). This means you are free to share and adapt the material for non-commercial purposes only, with appropriate attribution.
This repository is developed as part of project "Judeo-Spanish: Connecting the two ends of the Mediterranean" carried out by Col·lectivaT and Sephardic Center of Istanbul within the framework of the “Grant Scheme for Common Cultural Heritage: Preservation and Dialogue between Turkey and the EU–II (CCH-II)” implemented by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey with the financial support of the European Union. The content of this website is the sole responsibility of Col·lectivaT and does not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.
