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User’s Guide SYSTRAN 5.0 150
Grammatical Entries
Grammatical information can be added to clarify ambiguities. While the parts of
speech that are available are language-dependent, the parts of speech for the
complete entry (in the Category field) typically include:
• Noun (n), Proper Noun (pn), Acronym
Examples: “retail product”, “Yahoo.com”, and “IRS”
• Adjective (a)
Example: “light blue”
• Verb (v)
Example: “to switch off”
• Adverb
Example: “right now”
• Preposition
Example: “on the upper edge of”
• Sequence
While it is not a part of speech, a sequence notifies the coding engine that the
entry should be kept as is and should not be coded. All characters in the entries
are part of the entry and should be matched this way. This special category is
useful for coding non-grammatical entries.
This information need only be entered once for each multilingual entry.
Figure 87: Example of Specifying Grammatical Entries
Gender clues can be included, as appropriate:
• (m) for masculine
• (f) for feminine
Figure 88: Examples of Using Gender Clues