org.apache.tika.language.translate

Class MosesTranslator

java.lang.Object

org.apache.tika.language.translate.ExternalTranslator

org.apache.tika.language.translate.MosesTranslator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Translator

public class MosesTranslator
extends ExternalTranslator

Translator that uses the Moses decoder for translation. Users must install the Moses system before using this Translator. @link http://www.statmt.org/moses/.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MosesTranslator() Default constructor that attempts to read the smt jar and script paths from the translator.moses.properties file.
MosesTranslator(String smtPath, String scriptPath) Create a Moses Translator with the specified smt jar and script paths.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isAvailable()
String	translate(String text, String sourceLanguage, String targetLanguage) Translate text between given languages.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tika.language.translate.ExternalTranslator

checkCommand, runAndGetOutput, translate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MosesTranslator

public MosesTranslator()

Default constructor that attempts to read the smt jar and script paths from the translator.moses.properties file.

Throws:

AssertionError - When the properties file is unreadable.

MosesTranslator

public MosesTranslator(String smtPath,
               String scriptPath)

Create a Moses Translator with the specified smt jar and script paths.

Parameters:

smtPath - Full path to the jar to run.

scriptPath - Full path to the script to pass to the smt jar.

Method Detail

translate

public String translate(String text,
               String sourceLanguage,
               String targetLanguage)
                 throws Exception

Description copied from interface: Translator

Translate text between given languages. The following languages are supported: Arabic("ar"), Bulgarian("bg"), Catalan("ca"), Chinese-Simplified("zh-CHS"), Chinese-Traditional("zh-CHT"), Czech("cs"), Danish("da"), Dutch("nl"), English("en"), Estonian("et"), Innish("fi"), French("fr"), German("de"), Greek("el"), Haitian-Creole("ht"), Hebrew("he"), Hindi("hi"), Hmong-Daw("mww"), Hungarian("hu"), Indonesian("id"), Italian("it"), Japanese("ja"), Korean("ko"), Latvian("lv"), Lithuanian("lt"), Malay("ms"), Norwegian("no"), Persian("fa"), Polish("pl"), Portuguese("pt"), Romanian("ro"), Russian("ru"), Slovak("sk"), Slovenian("sl"), Spanish("es"), Swedish("sv"), Thai("th"), Turkish("tr"), Ukranian("uk"), Urdu("ur"), Vietnemese("vi").

Parameters:

text - The text to translate.

sourceLanguage - The input text language (for example, "en").

targetLanguage - The desired language to translate to (for example, "fr").

Returns:

The translation result. If translation is unavailable, returns the same text back.

Throws:

Exception - When there is an error with the API call.

isAvailable

public boolean isAvailable()

Returns:

true if this Translator is probably able to translate right now.