Researchers known as Assyriologists have been able to decode and translate extinct languages and breathe new life back into them—such as Akkadian, once spoken by people living in the world’s first civilizations in Mesopotamia.
are beginning to fundamentally change the way some people write and engage with the content they see online.
This latest study is a big step towards that goal—albeit a formidable one considering the limitations of cuneiform. For one, the script is akin to “three-dimensional handwriting,” Monroe said. “It’s like trying to have a computer automatically generate a translation of someone writing in French on a beach with a stick. It’s very complex.”
To measure the success of the translations, the team used the Best Bilingual Evaluation Understudy , a rubric that measures the accuracy of translation. The T2E resulted in the most accurate translations of the two models—achieving an average score of 37.47—while C2E resulted in an average score of 36.52. These are both relatively high scores on the BLEU and indicate that the model was capable of creating understandable translations.
“There’s still a human element,” Monroe said. “In terms of translating the world of Akkadian, this is very effective. It removes one or two steps from the process—but there's still humans that have to actually hold the clay tablets and study them.”
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